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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tribe was native to South Africa when it was first colonized by Europeans?
(a) The Xhosa.
(b) The Zulu.
(c) The Afrikaners.
(d) The Khoisan.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What element of American culture does the author equate with freedom in the story, "Go Hitler!"?

2. What happened before the author could ask Zaheera out?

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

4. Why was the author allowed to bond with the more popular boys during grade 9?

5. How does the author describe his dating life when he was in grade 9 at Sandingham?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the author realize when Abel beat up the ringleader from the incident under the mulberry tree?

2. How does the author describe his early thoughts about his victims when he starts a life of crime in the story "The Cheese Boys"?

3. How was the author eventually able to make friends at Highlands North?

4. How was the author able to pose as an American rapper for the talent show in Hammanskraal?

5. How multilingual is South Africa?

6. Why does the author claim that the "colored people" of modern South Africa are in some ways worse off than the black people of South Africa?

7. Why did Patricia encourage the author to hang out with his cousin at the university?

8. Why did the author think it made sense for Mayelene to leave him and date Lorenzo instead?

9. How does the author explain Patricia's ability to buy a house in Highlands North?

10. Why did Abel initially agree to loan the author his BMW?

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