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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Second Girl" - "Loopholes".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What predominately Zulu political group violently opposed the African National Congress after the end of apartheid?
(a) The National Socialists.
(b) The Xhosa.
(c) The Inkatha.
(d) The Sotho.

2. Which tribe does the author describe as "warriors"?
(a) The Tswana.
(b) The Sotho.
(c) The Zulu.
(d) The Xhosa.

3. How did the shopkeeper in the story "Chameleon" respond when Patricia proved she could understand Afrikaans?
(a) He apologized for racially profiling her.
(b) He insisted he never said anything inappropriate.
(c) He began speaking a language she could not understand.
(d) He insulted her pronunciation.

4. Who was the only member of the author's family who was willing to use corporal punishment on him?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His grandmother.

5. What happened when the author tried to show his friend how to burn his name into pieces of wood?
(a) They accidentally burned down the author's friend's house.
(b) His friend wrote a bad word and blamed it on the author.
(c) They wrote their names in the side of the house and got in trouble.
(d) The author and his friend started a moderately successful wood furnishing business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the school counselor warn the author about when he asked to transition into the B classes at H. A. Jack Primary?

2. Where did Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko go to school?

3. Why was Patricia allowed to stay on the farm at age nine?

4. When does the author believe that a person is most themselves, according to the story "Pray, Trevor"?

5. Why was the author afraid to pray for God to kill the thing that left feces in his grandmother's house?

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