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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 did the author do to get to know his father better after their reunion in Cape Town?
(a) He had him fill out a questionnaire.
(b) He spied on him.
(c) He interviewed him.
(d) He hired a private investigator.

2. How did Abel respond when the author told him what happened under the mulberry tree?
(a) He bought the author a new toy to cheer him up.
(b) He told the author to go defend himself.
(c) He hunted down the boys who beat the author and he beat up their ring leader.
(d) He laughed at the author.

3. What happened when the author dropped Babiki off at her house?
(a) She screamed that she never wanted to see him again.
(b) Her dad came out and yelled at them.
(c) They shared a bottle of wine.
(d) They kissed.

4. Who did the author forget was in the house when he defecated on the newspaper?
(a) Temperance.
(b) Frances.
(c) Nombuyiselo.
(d) Koko.

5. 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?
(a) America.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) Costa Rica.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the only part of a person's home that could not be improved in Soweto?

3. Why was the author allowed to bond with the more popular boys during grade 9?

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

5. How would Fufi escape the author's yard?

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