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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 behave when he realized he had a crush during grade 9?
(a) He kept it secret.
(b) He disavowed all forms of lust and went into monastic seclusion.
(c) He asked his crush out right away.
(d) He asked his mother for advice.

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

3. 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 extremely skilled accountants.
(c) He means that they were partially descended from Europeans.
(d) He means that they were poor but spent money on expensive luxuries.

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

5. Why did the author have trouble fitting in with his black classmates at Sandingham?
(a) They all lived far away and his mother would never buy the petrol to take him to their homes.
(b) Their parents forbade them from hanging out with him.
(c) They remembered his destructive antics in Soweto.
(d) They refused to associate with someone who was light-skinned.

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

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

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

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

10. What did the author have in common with his friend, Teddy?
(a) They both had buck teeth.
(b) They were both considered trouble makers.
(c) They knew each other from Soweto.
(d) They both had Swiss fathers.

11. What happened when the author dropped Babiki off at her house?
(a) Her dad came out and yelled at them.
(b) They shared a bottle of wine.
(c) They kissed.
(d) She screamed that she never wanted to see him again.

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

13. What does the author suspect of his friend from Alexandra who lost his retail job?
(a) He suspected his friend lost the job on purpose.
(b) He suspected his friend had an even better job lined up next.
(c) He suspected his friend never got a job to begin with.
(d) He suspected his friend was a murderer.

14. What cartoon character's name did Patricia use to refer to Teddy?
(a) Sylvester the Cat, due to his severe speech impediment.
(b) Danger Mouse, for his penchant for danger.
(c) Mickey Mouse, because of his white face.
(d) Buggs Bunny, because of his buck teeth and sense of humor.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom does the author refer when he talks about "domestics" in the story "Colorblind"?

3. What did the police officer want when he arrested the author and his friends at the end of the story "The Cheese Boys"?

4. Why did Patricia warn the author not to tell Abel about the incident under the mulberry tree?

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

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