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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. How did the author's mother save him from the threatening men on the mini-bus?
(a) She threw him out of the vehicle.
(b) She beat the men senseless.
(c) She threatened the men into leaving them alone.
(d) She bribed the men into leaving them alone.

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

3. What nationality is listed on the author's birth certificate?
(a) Swiss.
(b) Swazi.
(c) Xhosa.
(d) South African.

4. Where did Abel go after he was forced to move out of the home of the white family he lived with?
(a) He bought an identical house across the street.
(b) He was forced to live on the streets.
(c) He left to make it big in America.
(d) He moved in with Patricia and the author.

5. Where did Patricia move at age nine?
(a) She moved in with her aunt.
(b) She moved in with her father.
(c) She moved in with her mother.
(d) She ran away from her family entirely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does the author indicate was especially valued for making prayers while he was growing up in Soweto?

2. What crime did the author's parents commit when they had him?

3. Which tribe does the author describe as "thinkers"?

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

5. How did the author react as a child when children in the neighborhood called him white?

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