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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 confessed to a crime he did not commit.
(c) He murdered a white businessman.
(d) He robbed a store so that he could afford to move out of Alexandra.

2. 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 why he and Teddy stole the chocolates.
(c) They asked whether he knew if Teddy had any white friends.
(d) They asked if he knew where Teddy had gone.

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

4. What did the author discover in a stolen object, causing him to rethink his life of crime as described in the story "The Cheese Boys"?
(a) He discovered a young woman's diary in a stolen suitcase.
(b) He discovered a dead person's ashes in a stolen vase.
(c) He discovered drugs in a child's fanny pack.
(d) He discovered family pictures in a digital camera.

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

6. With whom did Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah want the author to hang out instead of his friends from Alexandra?
(a) His birth father in Johannesburg.
(b) His cousin at university.
(c) His grandmother in Soweto.
(d) His step-father in the garage.

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

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

9. 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 was a murderer.
(c) He suspected his friend never got a job to begin with.
(d) He suspected his friend had an even better job lined up next.

10. What did the girls in the author's grade want him to do for Valentine's Day?
(a) They wanted him to make them all valentines.
(b) They wanted him to teach their boyfriends to dance.
(c) They wanted the author to ask out his friend, Maylene.
(d) They wanted him to dress as cupid.

11. What is a "cheese boy" in the vernacular of Alexandra, South Africa?
(a) A derogatory term for white people.
(b) Someone wealthy enough to afford cheese.
(c) A dairy farmer.
(d) A mascot for a beloved macaroni and cheese restaurant.

12. Why did Patricia make the author push her car?
(a) The car was broken.
(b) She wanted to help the author become strong.
(c) She wanted to maximize fuel.
(d) She was punishing the author.

13. Why were students willing to pay the author to buy food for them?
(a) The tuck-shop owner always made food for the author with special care.
(b) It saved them time in the queue.
(c) They felt sorry for the author.
(d) They did not realize they could get in line themselves.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bongani reveal to the author about Babiki after everyone came out of the dance to look at her?

2. Why did Alexandra remain standing while other "black ghettoes" (201) were razed?

3. How did the author feel about Maylene before Valentine's Day?

4. How did the author make money at Sandingham?

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

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