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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 answer did Patricia give when the author asked her why she chose to give birth to him?
(a) She wanted someone that would love her whom she could love in return.
(b) She had him by accident.
(c) She had him to spite the apartheid regime.
(d) She had him out of love for his father.

2. At the end of the foreword to the story "Born a Crime," the author wrote that apartheid would be easy for occupants of which country to understand?
(a) England.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) America.
(d) Costa Rica.

3. What were the two main things Patricia would spend money on when her son was growing up?
(a) Clothes and furniture.
(b) Food and books.
(c) Fancy cars and designer shoes.
(d) Electronics and jewels.

4. When was the Immorality Act passed?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1877.
(c) 1827.
(d) 1977.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author indicate would probably happen if a black man had sex with a white woman under the apartheid system?

2. Which church does the author describe as "passionate" and "cathartic"?

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

4. What nationality is listed on the author's birth certificate?

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

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