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

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

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

4. 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) White suburbanites who only drink domestic beer.
(d) Domestic servants and their families.

5. What is a "cheese boy" in the vernacular of Alexandra, South Africa?
(a) Someone wealthy enough to afford cheese.
(b) A mascot for a beloved macaroni and cheese restaurant.
(c) A derogatory term for white people.
(d) A dairy farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened after the author asked Maylene out during their walk home together?

2. Why did the author have trouble fitting in with his colored classmates at Sandingham?

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

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

5. What advice did Patricia give the author for how he should act if his wife made more money than him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What niche did the author find at Sandingham high school during lunch time?

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

7. How does the author explain Patricia's ability to buy a house in Highlands North?

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

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

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

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