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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. How did the author track Robert down after his mother instructed him to do so?
(a) He searched Cape Town on foot.
(b) He contacted the Swiss embassy.
(c) He consulted a local shaman.
(d) He released an ad in the newspaper.

2. What advice did Patricia give the author for how he should act if his wife made more money than him?
(a) Patricia said that if the author ever married a girl who made more money, he should have her quit her job.
(b) Patricia said that a man is not diminished if his wife makes more money than he does.
(c) Patricia said that the author should not marry a wealthy woman because they are traitors to the proletariat.
(d) Patricia said that if the author had a rich wife, he should quit his job and let her take care of him.

3. Who threw the author from a moving vehicle when he was a young boy?
(a) His father.
(b) A bank robber.
(c) His mother.
(d) A policeman.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the racial composition of Highlands North?

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

3. How did the author respond when he found out that he could not take communion because he was not Catholic?

4. In the foreword to the story "Fufi," how does the author explain his observation that most black people in Africa dislike cats?

5. Who paid Patricia's hospital bill?

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