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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. Who was the most consistent male figure in the author's life growing up?
(a) Nelson Mandela.
(b) His grandfather, Temperance.
(c) His uncle, Dinky.
(d) His father, Robert.

2. Why was the author surprised when Patricia insisted that he go see his father?
(a) Patricia hated the author's father.
(b) The author and his father had not spoken in ten years and the author assumed they would never speak again.
(c) The author thought his father was dead.
(d) The author did not know who his father was.

3. Why was the author difficult for his caretakers to handle when he was very little?
(a) He was smelly.
(b) He did not speak the same language as any of them.
(c) He was hyperactive and very hungry.
(d) He was cruel.

4. What did the author believe about the dog Fufi before the vet looked at Fufi's corpse?
(a) He believed Fufi was the kindest dog in the world.
(b) He believed Fufi was stupid.
(c) He believed Fufi was a genius.
(d) He believed Fufi was stoic.

5. What did Babiki refuse to do once she and the author arrived at the dance?
(a) Leave the car.
(b) Keep her shoes on.
(c) Kiss the author.
(d) Stop singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened between the author and the pack of colored boys under the mulberry tree in Eden Park?

2. 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?

3. Why was the author afraid to pray for God to kill the thing that left feces in his grandmother's house?

4. In what country did the author grow up?

5. To what did Patricia attribute the fecal matter she discovered in her wastepaper basket?

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