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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. How did the mothers of Alexandra feel about the author and his fellow "cheese boys"?
(a) Mothers were some of their best customers.
(b) Mothers knew nothing of the cheese boys' antics.
(c) Mothers feared the cheese boys.
(d) Mothers hated the cheese boys.

2. Why did the author choose not to tell his parents that he had been arrested?
(a) He was afraid they would make things worse.
(b) He did not know their phone number and was afraid to ask for a phone book.
(c) He did not want to worry them.
(d) He did not realize he was in legal trouble.

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

4. In the foreword to "Go Hitler!," the author says that the historical education offered in South Africa is similar to what other country?
(a) Germany.
(b) America.
(c) England.
(d) Australia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the homes in Highlands North surrounded by six-foot-tall electrified walls?

2. What did the author find inappropriate about the relationship advice Patricia gave him when he was a child?

3. To what does the author compare Patricia when he describes her skill for maximizing petrol?

4. Why did the police officer help the author secure legal counsel?

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

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

3. How does the author describe the relationship between regular people and criminals in Alexandra?

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

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

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

7. How multilingual is South Africa?

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

9. 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?

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

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