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

2. How did Zaheera feel about the author?
(a) She thought of him as just a friend.
(b) She did not know that he existed.
(c) She hated him.
(d) She liked him back and secretly wished that he would ask her out.

3. When did the author decide to reveal his crush on Zaheera?
(a) At the matric dance.
(b) While Zaheera was driving to the airport.
(c) During a telephone call.
(d) Over the winter holiday.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author know Tom and Bongani?

2. According to the author, what did crime do that the government would not do in Alexandra, South Africa?

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

4. In the foreword to "Go Hitler!," the author says that the historical education offered in South Africa is similar to what other country?

5. For what crime was the author arrested?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Patricia respond when the author tried to tell Abel what happened under the mulberry tree?

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

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

5. 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?

6. Which racial group accepted the author as soon as he enrolled in Sandingham High School?

7. Why does the author believe that regret is the thing that we should fear most?

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

9. How multilingual is South Africa?

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

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