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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did the police officer want when he arrested the author and his friends at the end of the story "The Cheese Boys"?
(a) He wanted to see justice served.
(b) He wanted a mix CD.
(c) He wanted a bribe.
(d) He wanted some cheese.

5. What did the author assume about the teacher who yelled at his dance crew for chanting on Hitler's behalf?
(a) He assumed that she was offended by Hitler's notorious pogroms.
(b) He assumed that she was offended by Hitler's highly sexual grooves.
(c) He assumed that she was trying to be heard over the music.
(d) He assumed that she was a fan of Hitler's chief rival in the hip hop community.

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

7. What does the Afrikans term "amperbaas," used to refer to the status of colored people under apartheid, mean?
(a) "Loud Baritone."
(b) "Esteemed technician."
(c) "Almost-boss."
(d) "Underling."

8. Why did the author choose not to tell his parents that he had been arrested?
(a) He was afraid they would make things worse.
(b) He did not want to worry them.
(c) He did not realize he was in legal trouble.
(d) He did not know their phone number and was afraid to ask for a phone book.

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

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

11. What element of American culture does the author equate with freedom in the story, "Go Hitler!"?
(a) Bald eagles.
(b) McDonalds.
(c) The constitution.
(d) The American flag.

12. 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 had never heard of Adolf Hitler.
(c) She assumed that they would be more skilled dancers.
(d) She assumed that they would be playing more pop ballads.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Model C Schools?

2. Why did students come out of the dance to look at Babiki?

3. How did the author make money when he first graduated from high school?

4. What convinced the author that it would be best to bide his time before revealing his crush?

5. What did the author find inappropriate about the relationship advice Patricia gave him when he was a child?

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