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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Teddy and the author respond when they were seen committing a crime?
(a) They ran.
(b) They pretended it was for a school project.
(c) They beat the officer up.
(d) They confessed.

2. What holiday did the author experience for the first time at H. A. Jack Primary?
(a) Boxing Day.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Valentine's Day.
(d) Armistice Day.

3. What did the teacher who unplugged the author's speakers assume about the author and his dance crew?
(a) She assumed that they were mocking the school's Jewish population.
(b) She assumed that they would be more skilled dancers.
(c) She assumed that they would be playing more pop ballads.
(d) She assumed that they had never heard of Adolf Hitler.

4. What was the racial composition of Highlands North?
(a) Highlands North was almost entirely Indian.
(b) Highlands North was almost entirely black.
(c) Highlands North was almost entirely white.
(d) Highlands North was cosmopolitan, with no single majority race.

5. Why did students come out of the dance to look at Babiki?
(a) They had heard that she was deformed.
(b) They had heard that she was beautiful.
(c) They had heard that she looked just like Trinity from the Matrix.
(d) They had heard that she was hurt.

6. What did the police ask the author when he was called in for questioning regarding the stolen chocolate?
(a) They asked him to submit to a blood-alcohol test.
(b) They asked if he knew where Teddy had gone.
(c) They asked why he and Teddy stole the chocolates.
(d) They asked whether he knew if Teddy had any white friends.

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

8. Why did the author have trouble fitting in with his white classmates at Sandingham?
(a) They were always doing things that required spending money.
(b) Their parents forbade them from hanging out with him.
(c) They could not understand him when he spoke.
(d) They only wanted to listen to grunge rock.

9. Why could the author not ask Maylene out right away for Valentine's Day?
(a) He had to learn how to speak her native tongue.
(b) He wanted to ask in the form of a poem and had trouble rhyming with "Maylene."
(c) He was afraid of her boyfriend.
(d) He had to relay the message through her friends first.

10. For what crime was the author arrested?
(a) Murder.
(b) Making an illegal U-turn.
(c) Driving a car without registration.
(d) Speeding.

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

12. What did the author find inappropriate about the relationship advice Patricia gave him when he was a child?
(a) He thought Patricia's advice was heteronormative.
(b) He thought Patricia's advice was too religious.
(c) He thought that Patricia's advice was suited to adult relationships rather than children's relationships.
(d) He thought Patricia's advice was naive.

13. What did Bongani reveal to the author about Babiki after everyone came out of the dance to look at her?
(a) She did not speak English.
(b) Babiki was a violent alcoholic.
(c) Babiki had never spoken to a man outside of her family before.
(d) Babiki was actually a member of the secret police.

14. Why did the police officer help the author secure legal counsel?
(a) The officer did it by mistake.
(b) The officer did it because it was his legal duty.
(c) The officer did it because it was the right thing to do.
(d) The officer would get a kickback for giving the lawyer a client.

15. Who paid for the author's lawyer and bail money?
(a) Robert.
(b) Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah.
(c) Abel.
(d) Bogani.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, which culture do the "colored people" of modern South Africa have the strongest link to?

2. What happened after the author asked Maylene out during their walk home together?

3. What advice did Patricia give the author for how he should act if his wife made more money than him?

4. How did the security footage distort the author's appearance after he and Teddy stole from the store?

5. What did the author assume about the teacher who yelled at his dance crew for chanting on Hitler's behalf?

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