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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which tribe does the author describe as "thinkers"?
(a) The Tswana.
(b) The Xhosa.
(c) The Zulu.
(d) The Sotho.

2. How did the author's mother save him from the threatening men on the mini-bus?
(a) She threw him out of the vehicle.
(b) She beat the men senseless.
(c) She threatened the men into leaving them alone.
(d) She bribed the men into leaving them alone.

3. Where did Patricia move at age nine?
(a) She moved in with her father.
(b) She ran away from her family entirely.
(c) She moved in with her mother.
(d) She moved in with her aunt.

4. Who did the author forget was in the house when he defecated on the newspaper?
(a) Koko.
(b) Nombuyiselo.
(c) Temperance.
(d) Frances.

5. What does the author say is impressive about the timing of his mother's decision to have him?
(a) She chose to have him before she knew apartheid would end.
(b) She chose to have him even though she could still remember her mistreatment by the hands of her own family.
(c) She chose to have him even though it would have been very expensive at the time.
(d) She chose to have him at a time when the world's population was increasing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Robert feel when Patricia asked him to impregnate her?

2. What language does the author indicate was especially valued for making prayers while he was growing up in Soweto?

3. Why was Patricia allowed to stay on the farm at age nine?

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

5. Which of the following is NOT a language that Patricia taught to the author?

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