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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Trevor, Pray" - "Chameleon".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason did Patricia give when the author asked why they did not move to Switzerland?
(a) Switzerland would be even worse.
(b) Switzerland refused to accept them.
(c) She did not want to leave South Africa.
(d) She believed South Africa was too good for them.

2. Why was the author not allowed to eat food when visiting Temperance Noah's second family?
(a) Patricia was worried that Temperance's second family would try to poison them.
(b) Patricia wanted to show off her own cooking skills instead.
(c) Temperance's second family was full of bad cooks.
(d) Temperance's second family was too poor to buy food.

3. Why did people in Soweto use the author as a landmark for giving directions when he was young?
(a) His house had an unusual shape.
(b) He was famous for his work on The Daily Show.
(c) He was the only light-skinned person in the area.
(d) He was always singing very loudly so you could always tell where he was.

4. What unusual career move did Patricia make in the early 1980s?
(a) She became a housekeeper.
(b) She started working in a factory.
(c) She became a chiropractor.
(d) She became a secretary.

5. Who taught Patricia how to navigate Johannesburg without being deported to the Bantustans?
(a) Police.
(b) Prostitutes.
(c) Mini-bus drivers.
(d) Food vendors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which racial group was most common in Soweto, according to the author?

2. To what did Patricia attribute the fecal matter she discovered in her wastepaper basket?

3. Which of the following is NOT a language that Patricia taught to the author?

4. How did Robert feel when Patricia asked him to impregnate her?

5. How did the author's mother save him from the threatening men on the mini-bus?

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