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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, how do black people treat dogs in South Africa?
(a) They treat them like tools.
(b) They treat them like children.
(c) They treat them like toys.
(d) They treat them like alarm systems.

2. What did the school counselor warn the author about when he asked to transition into the B classes at H. A. Jack Primary?
(a) She warned him that he was not smart enough for the B classes.
(b) She warned him the kids in the B classes would hold him back.
(c) She warned him that the B classes were too full.
(d) She warned him that the kids in the B classes would beat him up.

3. How did the author view the "destructive" (79) antics from his youth?
(a) He wanted vengeance on those that wronged him.
(b) He was not destructive at all, he just got a bad rap because of his racial identity.
(c) He had an insatiable desire to see the world burn.
(d) He was creating chaos to see how people reacted.

4. How did the author respond when another boy claimed that Fufi was his dog?
(a) He pretended to let the boy keep Fufi, then kidnapped her under cover of night.
(b) He cussed the kid out.
(c) He allowed the boy to keep Fufi full-time.
(d) He negotiated shared custody of the dog.

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 at a time when the world's population was increasing.
(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 before she knew apartheid would end.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did people in Soweto use the author as a landmark for giving directions when he was young?

2. What reason did Patricia give when the author asked why they did not move to Switzerland?

3. What nationality is listed on the author's birth certificate?

4. At the end of the foreword to the story "Born a Crime," the author wrote that apartheid would be easy for occupants of which country to understand?

5. Which tribe does the author describe as "warriors"?

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