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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the author able to help Andrew and Bolo increase profits in their CD burning business?
(a) The author was the only one who knew anything about music.
(b) The author was not afraid to ask black people for money.
(c) The author could attract an audience with his skillful dance moves.
(d) The author brought them a fancy CD burner.

2. How did the author know Tom and Bongani?
(a) They were his mentors at school.
(b) They were his principal's sons.
(c) They worked for him.
(d) They were his brothers.

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

4. In the foreword to "Go Hitler!," the author says that the historical education offered in South Africa is similar to what other country?
(a) Australia.
(b) America.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

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

6. Which pop culture character did the author use as inspiration for putting together his outfit for the matric dance?
(a) Baron Samedi, from Live and Let Die.
(b) George Brady, from The Brady Bunch.
(c) The Fonz, from Happy Days.
(d) Neo, from The Matrix.

7. How did the mothers of Alexandra feel about the author and his fellow "cheese boys"?
(a) Mothers feared the cheese boys.
(b) Mothers hated the cheese boys.
(c) Mothers were some of their best customers.
(d) Mothers knew nothing of the cheese boys' antics.

8. 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.

9. What happened between Maylene and the author on Valentine's Day?
(a) They got into a horrible fight and broke up.
(b) She left him for the white boy, Lorenzo.
(c) They learned that they were actually first cousins.
(d) They had a lovely time reading poetry together.

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

11. What convinced the author that it would be best to bide his time before revealing his crush?
(a) His crush's friend, Johanna, told the author that Zaheera did not want to date him.
(b) Girls in American high school movies always fell for their best friends.
(c) The author assumed that his feelings would fade soon.
(d) His crush's boyfriend, Gary, said he should wait because Gary wanted to sabotage the author.

12. Who did the author and Patricia thank for the stolen burgers that Patricia purchased?
(a) The person who stole them.
(b) God.
(c) The meatpacking company.
(d) The person who owned the store.

13. What does the author mean when he says that Babiki and her family were amabhujua?
(a) He means that they knew secret shamanic traditions.
(b) He means that they were partially descended from Europeans.
(c) He means that they were extremely skilled accountants.
(d) He means that they were poor but spent money on expensive luxuries.

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

15. What did Babiki refuse to do once she and the author arrived at the dance?
(a) Keep her shoes on.
(b) Stop singing.
(c) Leave the car.
(d) Kiss the author.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tribe was native to South Africa when it was first colonized by Europeans?

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

3. Why did the author choose not to tell his parents that he had been arrested?

4. How did the author first respond in his trial when he thought the judge asked him how he was?

5. How did the author behave when he realized he had a crush during grade 9?

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