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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 the author think it was ironic when a black security guard was convicted of animal abuse for killing a cat on live TV?
(a) White people were horrified by the animal abuse yet were silent about violence against black humans during apartheid.
(b) The author believes cats would do much worse things to humans if they were in charge instead.
(c) The security guard came from a long line of cat breeders.
(d) Traditionally, security guards in South Africa keep cats as helpers.

2. To what was Patricia referring when she spoke of "the black tax" (66)?
(a) A special tax Afrikaners had to pay after apartheid to provide reparations to black people.
(b) The tendency of white employers to illegally steal the wages of black employees during apartheid.
(c) An official government tax paid only by black people.
(d) The need to spend one's working life making up for that which was pillaged from one's ancestors.

3. Why does the author compare Patricia to a "guerilla fighter" (84)?
(a) She was extremely proficient with improvised explosives.
(b) She fought for what she believed in.
(c) She was too slow to catch him for a whooping so she had to get her attacks in on the fly.
(d) She disliked the great apes and, growing up, the author did not know the difference between a "guerilla fighter" and a "gorilla fighter."

4. From what mental disorder did Temperance Noah suffer?
(a) Obsessive Compulsive Disordr.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Bipolar disorder.
(d) Depression.

5. What was unusual about the steakhouse that Robert opened?
(a) It put on a talent show where the author performed every night.
(b) It only served Indian people.
(c) They served zebra steaks.
(d) It was racially integrated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only part of a person's home that could not be improved in Soweto?

2. What did the school counselor warn the author about when he asked to transition into the B classes at H. A. Jack Primary?

3. How did the author react as a child when children in the neighborhood called him white?

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

5. Why was the author difficult for his caretakers to handle when he was very little?

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