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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "My Mother's Life".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened before the author could ask Zaheera out?
(a) She married her boyfriend, Gary.
(b) The author was sentenced to work in the salt mines.
(c) She was captured by Zulu extremists.
(d) She moved to America.

2. Why was the author afraid to pray for God to kill the thing that left feces in his grandmother's house?
(a) He was afraid because HE was the thing that left the feces in his grandmother's house and he did not want God to kill him.
(b) He was afraid because he was not sure if he believed in God and could not stand the theological pressure.
(c) He was afraid because he was worried the demon would eat him.
(d) He was afraid that if his prayer was not good enough, everyone would know he was to blame.

3. Who warned Patricia that Abel seemed like a bad person?
(a) Andrew.
(b) The author.
(c) Temperance Noah.
(d) Frances Noah.

4. What element of American culture does the author equate with freedom in the story, "Go Hitler!"?
(a) Bald eagles.
(b) The constitution.
(c) McDonalds.
(d) The American flag.

5. What did Patricia do when the author kept pestering her for toffee apples?
(a) She pretended to have never see him before.
(b) She beat him.
(c) She called the police.
(d) She bought him a toffee apple.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author find inappropriate about the relationship advice Patricia gave him when he was a child?

2. What happened between Maylene and the author on Valentine's Day?

3. What did the police ask the author when he was called in for questioning regarding the stolen chocolate?

4. How did the author feel about pushing his mother's car?

5. What does the Afrikans term "amperbaas," used to refer to the status of colored people under apartheid, mean?

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