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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. Why was Patricia allowed to stay on the farm at age nine?
(a) She was kept on the farm to work.
(b) Her aunt kept her on the farm out of the kindness of her heart.
(c) Her aunt kept her on the farm to protect her from their parents.
(d) Her aunt kept her on the farm to keep an eye on her.

2. What did the police ask the author when he was called in for questioning regarding the stolen chocolate?
(a) They asked whether he knew if Teddy had any white friends.
(b) They asked him to submit to a blood-alcohol test.
(c) They asked if he knew where Teddy had gone.
(d) They asked why he and Teddy stole the chocolates.

3. How did Zaheera feel about the author?
(a) She did not know that he existed.
(b) She thought of him as just a friend.
(c) She hated him.
(d) She liked him back and secretly wished that he would ask her out.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author track Robert down after his mother instructed him to do so?

2. Why was the author unable to play with his cousins when he was very young?

3. What was the "pencil test" that the government administered to some colored people in South Africa?

4. What does the author indicate would probably happen if a black man had sex with a white woman under the apartheid system?

5. What does the author mean when he says that Babiki and her family were amabhujua?

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