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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the vet reveal to the author about his dog, Fufi, after she died?
(a) Fufi died of natural causes.
(b) Fufi was actually a coyote.
(c) Fufi had been pregnant.
(d) Fufi was deaf.

2. 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.

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

4. To what did Patricia attribute the fecal matter she discovered in her wastepaper basket?
(a) Temperance.
(b) Trevor.
(c) A cat.
(d) A demon.

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

6. In what country did the author grow up?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) South America.
(c) North Africa.
(d) South Africa.

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

8. When does the author believe that a person is most themselves, according to the story "Pray, Trevor"?
(a) When working.
(b) When looking into the eyes of a loved one.
(c) When defecating.
(d) When suffering.

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

10. Which of the following is NOT a reason why the author lost touch with Robert when he was 13?
(a) Robert had moved to Cape Town.
(b) Patricia's husband, Abel, did not want Robert around.
(c) The author was a teenager and was distracted by video games and computers.
(d) Robert alienated him by sharing a dark secret.

11. What made the author "realize [he] was black" (59)?
(a) Going to an elite private school where students were socially integrated.
(b) Going to H. A. Jack Primary.
(c) Seeing his mother write "black" on a government census.
(d) Failing to get along with his white father.

12. What nationality is listed on the author's birth certificate?
(a) Xhosa.
(b) Swazi.
(c) Swiss.
(d) South African.

13. Why was the author surprised when Patricia insisted that he go see his father?
(a) Patricia hated the author's father.
(b) The author thought his father was dead.
(c) The author did not know who his father was.
(d) The author and his father had not spoken in ten years and the author assumed they would never speak again.

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

15. How did the author respond when another boy claimed that Fufi was his dog?
(a) He pretended to let the boy keep Fufi, then kidnapped her under cover of night.
(b) He cussed the kid out.
(c) He negotiated shared custody of the dog.
(d) He allowed the boy to keep Fufi full-time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Robert's steakhouse close?

2. Which tribe does the author describe as "warriors"?

3. How did the shopkeeper in the story "Chameleon" respond when Patricia proved she could understand Afrikaans?

4. How did the author track Robert down after his mother instructed him to do so?

5. Why was the author unable to play with his cousins when he was very young?

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