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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. Why did students come out of the dance to look at Babiki?
(a) They had heard that she looked just like Trinity from the Matrix.
(b) They had heard that she was deformed.
(c) They had heard that she was hurt.
(d) They had heard that she was beautiful.

2. What does the author mean when he says that Babiki and her family were amabhujua?
(a) He means that they were partially descended from Europeans.
(b) He means that they knew secret shamanic traditions.
(c) He means that they were extremely skilled accountants.
(d) He means that they were poor but spent money on expensive luxuries.

3. What did the police ask the author when he was called in for questioning regarding the stolen chocolate?
(a) They asked whether he knew if Teddy had any white friends.
(b) They asked him to submit to a blood-alcohol test.
(c) They asked why he and Teddy stole the chocolates.
(d) They asked if he knew where Teddy had gone.

4. Why would people in Alexandra sometimes clasp their wrists together?
(a) To begin a yoga session.
(b) To signal that they needed peace and quiet.
(c) To ask what time it was.
(d) To indicate that someone had been arrested.

5. 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 perished suddenly and tragically.
(d) Maylene mocked him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What crime did the author and Teddy get caught committing?

3. How did Zaheera feel about the author?

4. What tribe was native to South Africa when it was first colonized by Europeans?

5. What happened when the author dropped Babiki off at her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conclusion did the author draw after his encounter with the police at the end of the story "The Cheese Boys"?

2. What aspect of Patricia's romantic advice did the author have the most trouble understanding?

3. What was the purpose of the event where the author and his crew got in trouble for chanting Hitler's name?

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

5. What geographical explanation does the author give when he states that "it's physically impossible for [Alexandra] to change" (201)?

6. How does the author explain the abundance of South Africans with names for controversial historical figures like "Napoleon," "Mussolini," and "Hitler"?

7. What attribute of the author's aided him in his business fetching lunch for people but also prevented his romantic success?

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

9. According to the foreword of the story "Outsider," what was the most embarrassing part of the author's life?

10. Why did the girls in the author's grade at H. A. Jack Primary think that he and Maylene would be perfect for each other?

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