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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 was the name of the best dancer on the author's crew?
(a) Trevor.
(b) Tom.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Babiki.

2. Why was the author allowed to bond with the more popular boys during grade 9?
(a) He could make them laugh.
(b) He was so ugly that he made them look better.
(c) He was poor so the popular boys hung out with him out of pity.
(d) He was so good with women that the popular boys kept him around for advice.

3. What crime did the author and Teddy get caught committing?
(a) Stealing chocolates from a store.
(b) Doing drugs.
(c) Assaulting a stranger.
(d) Robbing an elderly person at gunpoint.

4. What crime did the author's parents commit when they had him?
(a) They illegally crossed the border to have him in Swaziland.
(b) They kidnapped him from his real parents.
(c) They hired an off-the-books midwife to deliver him.
(d) They each had intercourse with a person of another race.

5. With whom did Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah want the author to hang out instead of his friends from Alexandra?
(a) His grandmother in Soweto.
(b) His cousin at university.
(c) His birth father in Johannesburg.
(d) His step-father in the garage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which pop culture character did the author use as inspiration for putting together his outfit for the matric dance?

2. Why did Patricia warn the author not to tell Abel about the incident under the mulberry tree?

3. To what did Patricia attribute the fecal matter she discovered in her wastepaper basket?

4. How does the author explain his remark that he and his mother "weren't just mother and son" (70)?

5. The children of Soweto would yell out "indoda yomlungu!" whenever they passed the author. What does this phrase mean?

(see the answer key)

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