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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 cartoon character's name did Patricia use to refer to Teddy?
(a) Mickey Mouse, because of his white face.
(b) Danger Mouse, for his penchant for danger.
(c) Buggs Bunny, because of his buck teeth and sense of humor.
(d) Sylvester the Cat, due to his severe speech impediment.

2. To what does the author compare Patricia when he describes her skill for maximizing petrol?
(a) A miser.
(b) A manual laborer.
(c) A madwoman.
(d) The sophisticates stop-start system used in hybrid cars.

3. 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 hired an off-the-books midwife to deliver him.
(c) They kidnapped him from his real parents.
(d) They each had intercourse with a person of another race.

4. From what mental disorder did Temperance Noah suffer?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Bipolar disorder.
(c) Obsessive Compulsive Disordr.
(d) Depression.

5. What happened when the author tried to show his friend how to burn his name into pieces of wood?
(a) They accidentally burned down the author's friend's house.
(b) They wrote their names in the side of the house and got in trouble.
(c) The author and his friend started a moderately successful wood furnishing business.
(d) His friend wrote a bad word and blamed it on the author.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the author have trouble making friends in Highlands North?

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

3. Why were the homes in Highlands North surrounded by six-foot-tall electrified walls?

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

5. Why was the author able to help Andrew and Bolo increase profits in their CD burning business?

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