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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. What physical condition does the author claim made him less attractive during grade 9?
(a) He had an immune disorder and could not go do fun things.
(b) He suffered from temporary dwarfism.
(c) He did not know how to dance.
(d) He had horrible acne.

2. Why did Patricia make the author push her car?
(a) The car was broken.
(b) She wanted to maximize fuel.
(c) She was punishing the author.
(d) She wanted to help the author become strong.

3. How did the author feel when he saw what Abel did to the ringleader from the incident under the mulberry tree?
(a) He was glad the boy could not hurt anyone else.
(b) He was scared because he knew Abel would beat him up next.
(c) He did not care at all.
(d) He was horrified at Abel's ferocity.

4. Why did the author have trouble fitting in with his black classmates at Sandingham?
(a) They refused to associate with someone who was light-skinned.
(b) They remembered his destructive antics in Soweto.
(c) They all lived far away and his mother would never buy the petrol to take him to their homes.
(d) Their parents forbade them from hanging out with him.

5. What happened to the unemployment rate in South Africa after apartheid?
(a) It fell drastically.
(b) All work was outlawed.
(c) It went up.
(d) It stayed the same.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened before the author could ask Zaheera out?

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

3. What reason did Patricia give when the author asked why they did not move to Switzerland?

4. Why could the author not ask Maylene out right away for Valentine's Day?

5. What happened when the author tried to show his friend how to burn his name into pieces of wood?

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