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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 Patricia handle "major disputes" (84) with the author?
(a) She got other members of the family to help argue with him.
(b) She beat him.
(c) She insisted on arguing in Xhosa.
(d) She wrote extra-length letters.

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) Temperance's second family was full of bad cooks.
(c) Patricia wanted to show off her own cooking skills instead.
(d) Temperance's second family was too poor to buy food.

3. Where did Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko go to school?
(a) Schools founded by British missionaries.
(b) Government-run Bantu schools.
(c) They went to school over seas.
(d) They did not go to school.

4. How did the author first endear himself to the black students at H. A. Jack Primary?
(a) He demonstrated that he could speak their native languages.
(b) He showed off his skills at speaking English and Afrikaans.
(c) He bought them new Transformers toys.
(d) He pulled a prank on a white teacher.

5. When does the author believe that a person is most themselves, according to the story "Pray, Trevor"?
(a) When looking into the eyes of a loved one.
(b) When suffering.
(c) When defecating.
(d) When working.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did the author accuse of tricking his mother into going to church the day they were threatened in the minibus?

3. What does the author say is impressive about the timing of his mother's decision to have him?

4. What did Patricia do after discovering the fecal matter in the trashcan?

5. In what country did the author grow up?

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