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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “The World Doesn’t Love You” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the only member of the author's family who was willing to use corporal punishment on him?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His mother.

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

3. Why would people in Alexandra sometimes clasp their wrists together?
(a) To signal that they needed peace and quiet.
(b) To indicate that someone had been arrested.
(c) To ask what time it was.
(d) To begin a yoga session.

4. How does the author describe his dating life when he was in grade 9 at Sandingham?
(a) He was so skilled at seduction that other people came to him for advice.
(b) He was seen as an attractive but dangerous bad boy.
(c) He was not considered popular or attractive.
(d) He had a new girlfriend or boyfriend every week.

5. How did the author react as a child when children in the neighborhood called him white?
(a) He thought they were racists.
(b) He was proud.
(c) He was worried.
(d) He thought they had their colors confused.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author make money at Sandingham?

2. Why did the author choose not to tell his parents that he had been arrested?

3. Why does the author say he never felt poor when living alone with Patricia?

4. What holiday did the author experience for the first time at H. A. Jack Primary?

5. What happened after the author asked Maylene out during their walk home together?

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