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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “A Young Man’s Long, Awkward, Occasionally Tragic, and Frequently Humiliating Education in Affairs of the Heart, Part 2: The Crush” - “A Young Man’s Long, Awkward, Occasionally Tragic, and Frequently Humiliating Education in Affairs of the Heart, Part 3: The Dance” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Abel go after he was forced to move out of the home of the white family he lived with?
(a) He moved in with Patricia and the author.
(b) He bought an identical house across the street.
(c) He was forced to live on the streets.
(d) He left to make it big in America.

2. Why did the author have trouble fitting in with his white classmates at Sandingham?
(a) They could not understand him when he spoke.
(b) They were always doing things that required spending money.
(c) They only wanted to listen to grunge rock.
(d) Their parents forbade them from hanging out with him.

3. How did the author behave when he realized he had a crush during grade 9?
(a) He asked his mother for advice.
(b) He kept it secret.
(c) He disavowed all forms of lust and went into monastic seclusion.
(d) He asked his crush out right away.

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

5. In what country did the author grow up?
(a) South America.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) North Africa.
(d) South Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which church does the author describe as "passionate" and "cathartic"?

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

3. How did the shopkeeper in the story "Chameleon" respond when Patricia proved she could understand Afrikaans?

4. What predominately Zulu political group violently opposed the African National Congress after the end of apartheid?

5. Who taught Patricia how to navigate Johannesburg without being deported to the Bantustans?

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