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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. According to the author, what did crime do that the government would not do in Alexandra, South Africa?
(a) Crime cared for the community.
(b) Crime confused the community.
(c) Crime scared the community.
(d) Crime hurt the community.

2. What did the author assume about the teacher who yelled at his dance crew for chanting on Hitler's behalf?
(a) He assumed that she was offended by Hitler's highly sexual grooves.
(b) He assumed that she was trying to be heard over the music.
(c) He assumed that she was offended by Hitler's notorious pogroms.
(d) He assumed that she was a fan of Hitler's chief rival in the hip hop community.

3. Why was the author able to help Andrew and Bolo increase profits in their CD burning business?
(a) The author was not afraid to ask black people for money.
(b) The author was the only one who knew anything about music.
(c) The author brought them a fancy CD burner.
(d) The author could attract an audience with his skillful dance moves.

4. How did the author supplement his income during grade 12?
(a) He got a job working in a field.
(b) He sold pirated CDs.
(c) He performed at stand up comedy gigs.
(d) He became a guard at the mall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the author have trouble making friends in Highlands North?

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

3. Why could the author not ask Maylene out right away for Valentine's Day?

4. How did Patricia react after the author explained what happened to him under the mulberry tree?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What difference does the author see between German education around the Holocaust and South African education around apartheid?

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

4. 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?

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. Why was the author late to the dance?

7. How multilingual is South Africa?

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

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

10. How did the author get through to his cellmate whom he initially compared to the Hulk?

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