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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. What does the author say is impressive about the timing of his mother's decision to have him?
(a) She chose to have him even though it would have been very expensive at the time.
(b) She chose to have him even though she could still remember her mistreatment by the hands of her own family.
(c) She chose to have him before she knew apartheid would end.
(d) She chose to have him at a time when the world's population was increasing.

2. Why did students come out of the dance to look at Babiki?
(a) They had heard that she looked just like Trinity from the Matrix.
(b) They had heard that she was hurt.
(c) They had heard that she was beautiful.
(d) They had heard that she was deformed.

3. When was the Immorality Act passed?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1877.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1827.

4. On what does the author blame most of the things that have gone wrong in his life?
(a) The death of his mother.
(b) Fear.
(c) Apartheid.
(d) Second-hand cars.

5. Why did the author play alone under the Mulberry tree when he was in Eden Park?
(a) He was not used to the time difference in Eden Park and was outside playing while everyone else was sleeping.
(b) He planned to poison the Mulberry tree and did not want any witnesses.
(c) He did not like to play with others.
(d) He did not have any friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does the author indicate was especially valued for making prayers while he was growing up in Soweto?

2. Why was the author difficult for his caretakers to handle when he was very little?

3. Why did the author cry after he and Patricia retrieved Fufi?

4. What did the author say he had learned about Robert after they spent the weekend together?

5. How did the author's mother save him from the threatening men on the mini-bus?

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