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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the unemployment rate in South Africa after apartheid?
(a) It stayed the same.
(b) It went up.
(c) All work was outlawed.
(d) It fell drastically.

2. How did the author feel about Maylene before Valentine's Day?
(a) He thought she was cool and fun to hang out with.
(b) He had never heard of her.
(c) He was madly in love with her.
(d) He hated her.

3. What happened after the author asked Maylene out during their walk home together?
(a) They kissed outside a McDonalds.
(b) Maylene ran away.
(c) Maylene mocked him.
(d) Maylene perished suddenly and tragically.

4. 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.

5. How did Zaheera feel about the author?
(a) She did not know that he existed.
(b) She thought of him as just a friend.
(c) She liked him back and secretly wished that he would ask her out.
(d) She hated him.

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

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

8. Why did the author perform at the Hammanskraal talent show?
(a) His friend Tom had promised them he was the famous hip hop hype man, Spliff Star.
(b) He wanted to show off how many languages he could speak.
(c) He had been challenged to play the ukulele as a dare.
(d) He had some new stand-up comedy material to try out.

9. 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.

10. What is the single official language of South Africa?
(a) Zulu.
(b) Afrikaans.
(c) There are 11 official languages in South Africa.
(d) South Africa has no official language.

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

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

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

14. How did Abel respond when the author told him what happened under the mulberry tree?
(a) He laughed at the author.
(b) He hunted down the boys who beat the author and he beat up their ring leader.
(c) He told the author to go defend himself.
(d) He bought the author a new toy to cheer him up.

15. What were Model C Schools?
(a) Schools that mixed elements of Government and private ownership.
(b) Fancy private schools favored by white children.
(c) Remnants of the Bantu system.
(d) Poorly funded government schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Afrikans term "amperbaas," used to refer to the status of colored people under apartheid, mean?

2. What gift did Andrew give to the author as a reward for his help?

3. What was the racial composition of Highlands North?

4. What happened between the author and the pack of colored boys under the mulberry tree in Eden Park?

5. To what does the author compare Patricia when he describes her skill for maximizing petrol?

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