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. What made the author "realize [he] was black" (59)?
(a) Seeing his mother write "black" on a government census.
(b) Failing to get along with his white father.
(c) Going to H. A. Jack Primary.
(d) Going to an elite private school where students were socially integrated.

2. Why did the author perform at the Hammanskraal talent show?
(a) His friend Tom had promised them he was the famous hip hop hype man, Spliff Star.
(b) He had some new stand-up comedy material to try out.
(c) He had been challenged to play the ukulele as a dare.
(d) He wanted to show off how many languages he could speak.

3. How would Fufi escape the author's yard?
(a) She would crawl through a small tunnel.
(b) She would beg and whine until passers by let her out.
(c) She would sneak through a broken gate.
(d) She would jump over the fence.

4. Why did Robert's steakhouse close?
(a) Robert closed it after changing his mind about apartheid.
(b) Robert ran out of money.
(c) The government insisted that he needed to have separate toilets for every racial category.
(d) They received a health code violation.

5. What were the two main things Patricia would spend money on when her son was growing up?
(a) Electronics and jewels.
(b) Clothes and furniture.
(c) Fancy cars and designer shoes.
(d) Food and books.