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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) He was famous for his work on The Daily Show.
(c) His house had an unusual shape.
(d) He was the only light-skinned person in the area.

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

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

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

5. What crime did the author's parents commit when they had him?
(a) They each had intercourse with a person of another race.
(b) They kidnapped him from his real parents.
(c) They illegally crossed the border to have him in Swaziland.
(d) They hired an off-the-books midwife to deliver him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What were the two main things Patricia would spend money on when her son was growing up?

3. Who did the author forget was in the house when he defecated on the newspaper?

4. What happened when the author tried to show his friend how to burn his name into pieces of wood?

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

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