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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were the homes in Highlands North surrounded by six-foot-tall electrified walls?
(a) The homeowner's association was run by a security specialist.
(b) Highlands North was a government facility, housing top-secret agents.
(c) The white residents feared black South Africans.
(d) The walls were not electrified; that was just something Patricia told the author so that he would stop trying to climb them.

2. What physical condition does the author claim made him less attractive during grade 9?
(a) He suffered from temporary dwarfism.
(b) He had horrible acne.
(c) He did not know how to dance.
(d) He had an immune disorder and could not go do fun things.

3. How did the author make money at Sandingham?
(a) Taking orders for a small commission at the tuck-shop.
(b) Selling lemonade.
(c) Writing papers for his peers.
(d) Making custom mixtapes and selling them.

4. To whom does the author refer when he talks about "domestics" in the story "Colorblind"?
(a) White suburbanite housewives.
(b) Domestic servants and their families.
(c) White suburbanites who only drink domestic beer.
(d) Anyone who is not a member of a militia.

5. What happened between the author and the pack of colored boys under the mulberry tree in Eden Park?
(a) They shared their berries with him.
(b) They ate his berries right in front of him.
(c) They made him help them burn down the tree.
(d) They called him "Bushman" and pelted him with berries.

6. Why was the author allowed to bond with the more popular boys during grade 9?
(a) He could make them laugh.
(b) He was poor so the popular boys hung out with him out of pity.
(c) He was so ugly that he made them look better.
(d) He was so good with women that the popular boys kept him around for advice.

7. Why did the author have trouble making friends in Highlands North?
(a) Kids at Highlands North were obsessed with Pokemon, but the author could not afford a Gameboy.
(b) Everyone there, except for the author, spoke Zulu.
(c) The kids there only played inside.
(d) He got bad laryngitis after they moved, so he could not hold a conversation.

8. What was the author first saving money for when he started hustling?
(a) He was saving up money to start his own business.
(b) He was saving up money to move to America.
(c) He was saving up money to buy a roach-infested flat.
(d) He was saving up money to go to college.

9. How did the author make money when he first graduated from high school?
(a) He became a professional DJ.
(b) He became a professional stand up comedian.
(c) He became a waiter.
(d) He became a minibus driver.

10. What tribe was native to South Africa when it was first colonized by Europeans?
(a) The Khoisan.
(b) The Afrikaners.
(c) The Xhosa.
(d) The Zulu.

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

12. How did the author first respond in his trial when he thought the judge asked him how he was?
(a) He mockingly repeated the question.
(b) He said he was not fine.
(c) He said he was feeling relaxed.
(d) He said he was doing great.

13. What did the extremely muscular Tsona-speaking man do to end up in jail?
(a) He confessed to a crime he did not commit.
(b) He stole playstation games so he could sell them and feed his family.
(c) He robbed a store so that he could afford to move out of Alexandra.
(d) He murdered a white businessman.

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

15. Why did the author play alone under the Mulberry tree when he was in Eden Park?
(a) He was not used to the time difference in Eden Park and was outside playing while everyone else was sleeping.
(b) He did not have any friends.
(c) He did not like to play with others.
(d) He planned to poison the Mulberry tree and did not want any witnesses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why could the author not ask Maylene out right away for Valentine's Day?

2. According to the author, what did the name "Hitler" connote to black South Africans in the area and time where the author grew up?

3. What happened when the author dropped Babiki off at her house?

4. How did the mothers of Alexandra feel about the author and his fellow "cheese boys"?

5. Why did the author have trouble fitting in with his colored classmates at Sandingham?

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