2. What does the author indicate would probably happen if a black man had sex with a white woman under the apartheid system?
(a) The black man would probably be charged with rape.
(b) The police would not care at all.
(c) The white woman would probably be charged with rape.
(d) The police would probably let them off with a warning.

3. Which church does the author describe as "passionate" and "cathartic"?
(a) The mostly white church.
(b) The mostly black church.
(c) The Chinese church.
(d) The multiracial church.

4. Why does the author think Santa Claus is unpopular in Africa?
(a) Belief in Santa is seen as a form of idolatry.
(b) Christmas in Africa does not include gift giving.
(c) African parents do not want to give a fat white man credit for their gifts.
(d) Christianity is unpopular in Africa.

5. Who was the only member of the author's family who was willing to use corporal punishment on him?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His aunt.

6. Why did Frances Noah refuse to beat the author when the author was a little boy?
(a) She thought that beating children was wrong.
(b) She did not know whether or not Trevor's mother approved of corporal punishment.
(c) She claimed she did not know how to hit a white child.
(d) She was afraid that Trevor would overpower her.

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

8. How did the author's mother save him from the threatening men on the mini-bus?
(a) She threw him out of the vehicle.
(b) She threatened the men into leaving them alone.
(c) She bribed the men into leaving them alone.
(d) She beat the men senseless.

9. Why does the author compare Patricia to a "guerilla fighter" (84)?
(a) She fought for what she believed in.
(b) She disliked the great apes and, growing up, the author did not know the difference between a "guerilla fighter" and a "gorilla fighter."
(c) She was too slow to catch him for a whooping so she had to get her attacks in on the fly.
(d) She was extremely proficient with improvised explosives.

10. Who taught Patricia how to navigate Johannesburg without being deported to the Bantustans?
(a) Food vendors.
(b) Prostitutes.
(c) Mini-bus drivers.
(d) Police.

11. How did Robert feel when Patricia asked him to impregnate her?
(a) He said he did not like Patricia at all.
(b) He said he did not want a family.
(c) He said he wanted to start a family right away.
(d) He said he was not physically attracted to Patricia.

12. What does the name Nombuyiselo mean?
(a) "The Fixer."
(b) "She who gives back."
(c) "A builder of ships."
(d) "She who popped out of nowhere."

13. How did Patricia handle "major disputes" (84) with the author?
(a) She wrote extra-length letters.
(b) She beat him.
(c) She insisted on arguing in Xhosa.
(d) She got other members of the family to help argue with him.

14. To what was Patricia referring when she spoke of "the black tax" (66)?
(a) The tendency of white employers to illegally steal the wages of black employees during apartheid.
(b) A special tax Afrikaners had to pay after apartheid to provide reparations to black people.
(c) An official government tax paid only by black people.
(d) The need to spend one's working life making up for that which was pillaged from one's ancestors.

15. Which tribe does the author describe as "thinkers"?
(a) The Tswana.
(b) The Xhosa.
(c) The Zulu.
(d) The Sotho.