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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Fufi" - "Robert".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Robert's steakhouse close?
(a) Robert ran out of money.
(b) The government insisted that he needed to have separate toilets for every racial category.
(c) Robert closed it after changing his mind about apartheid.
(d) They received a health code violation.

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

4. Why was the author unable to play with his cousins when he was very young?
(a) Trevor was being punished.
(b) His grandmother was afraid the police would take him away.
(c) His grandmother was afraid the cousins would be a bad influence on Trevor.
(d) His grandmother was afraid the neighborhood children would steal him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Abel go after he was forced to move out of the home of the white family he lived with?

3. Why does the author say he never felt poor when living alone with Patricia?

4. Why does the author compare Patricia to a "guerilla fighter" (84)?

5. Why did the author think it was ironic when a black security guard was convicted of animal abuse for killing a cat on live TV?

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