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

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

3. When did the author decide to reveal his crush on Zaheera?
(a) During a telephone call.
(b) At the matric dance.
(c) Over the winter holiday.
(d) While Zaheera was driving to the airport.

4. What did Patricia do after discovering the fecal matter in the trashcan?
(a) She took the trash out to the curb.
(b) She buried the fecal matter.
(c) She called people over to pray to rid their house of demons.
(d) She punished Trevor for making a mess.

5. Which racial group was most common in Soweto, according to the author?
(a) Black people.
(b) Indian people.
(c) Soweto was fully integrated.
(d) White people.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author feel when he saw what Abel did to the ringleader from the incident under the mulberry tree?

2. What does the Afrikans term "amperbaas," used to refer to the status of colored people under apartheid, mean?

3. What did the girls in the author's grade want him to do for Valentine's Day?

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

5. What advice did Patricia give the author for how he should act if his wife made more money than him?

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