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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 Frances Noah refuse to beat the author when the author was a little boy?
(a) She claimed she did not know how to hit a white child.
(b) She thought that beating children was wrong.
(c) She was afraid that Trevor would overpower her.
(d) She did not know whether or not Trevor's mother approved of corporal punishment.
2. How did the shopkeeper in the story "Chameleon" respond when Patricia proved she could understand Afrikaans?
(a) He insulted her pronunciation.
(b) He insisted he never said anything inappropriate.
(c) He began speaking a language she could not understand.
(d) He apologized for racially profiling her.
3. What does the author indicate would probably happen if a black man had sex with a white woman under the apartheid system?
(a) The police would probably let them off with a warning.
(b) The police would not care at all.
(c) The black man would probably be charged with rape.
(d) The white woman would probably be charged with rape.
4. Why was Patricia allowed to stay on the farm at age nine?
(a) She was kept on the farm to work.
(b) Her aunt kept her on the farm out of the kindness of her heart.
(c) Her aunt kept her on the farm to protect her from their parents.
(d) Her aunt kept her on the farm to keep an eye on her.
5. How did the author view the "destructive" (79) antics from his youth?
(a) He was not destructive at all, he just got a bad rap because of his racial identity.
(b) He was creating chaos to see how people reacted.
(c) He wanted vengeance on those that wronged him.
(d) He had an insatiable desire to see the world burn.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Patricia do when the author kept pestering her for toffee apples?
2. On what does the author blame most of the things that have gone wrong in his life?
3. What diagnosis did the school psychologists give the author after he laughed while being corporally punished?
4. What were the two main things Patricia would spend money on when her son was growing up?
5. From what mental disorder did Temperance Noah suffer?
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