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. Which pop culture character did the author use as inspiration for putting together his outfit for the matric dance?
(a) George Brady, from The Brady Bunch.
(b) Neo, from The Matrix.
(c) Baron Samedi, from Live and Let Die.
(d) The Fonz, from Happy Days.

2. How did Patricia react after the author explained what happened to him under the mulberry tree?
(a) She told him to go tell someone who cared.
(b) She laughed and said she was relieved it was not blood.
(c) She cried and held the author in her arms.
(d) She went out and beat up the boys who pelted him.

3. Why did the author think it was ironic when a black security guard was convicted of animal abuse for killing a cat on live TV?
(a) White people were horrified by the animal abuse yet were silent about violence against black humans during apartheid.
(b) The security guard came from a long line of cat breeders.
(c) The author believes cats would do much worse things to humans if they were in charge instead.
(d) Traditionally, security guards in South Africa keep cats as helpers.

4. 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 left to make it big in America.
(d) He was forced to live on the streets.

5. How did the author know Tom and Bongani?
(a) They were his principal's sons.
(b) They worked for him.
(c) They were his brothers.
(d) They were his mentors at school.