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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 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 realize he was in legal trouble.
(c) He did not know their phone number and was afraid to ask for a phone book.
(d) He did not want to worry them.

2. What did Babiki refuse to do once she and the author arrived at the dance?
(a) Keep her shoes on.
(b) Leave the car.
(c) Stop singing.
(d) Kiss the author.

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

4. For what crime was the author arrested?
(a) Driving a car without registration.
(b) Making an illegal U-turn.
(c) Speeding.
(d) Murder.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the "pencil test" that the government administered to some colored people in South Africa?

2. How did Teddy and the author respond when they were seen committing a crime?

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

4. Why did the author perform at the Hammanskraal talent show?

5. Why would people in Alexandra sometimes clasp their wrists together?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why could none of the police recognize the author in the security footage?

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. How multilingual is South Africa?

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

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