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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Go Hitler!" - "The Cheese Boys".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, what did the name "Hitler" connote to black South Africans in the area and time where the author grew up?
(a) It connoted racial animosity.
(b) It connoted toughness.
(c) It connoted a deep lack of patriotism.
(d) It connoted a bawdy sense of humor.

2. What did the police officer want when he arrested the author and his friends at the end of the story "The Cheese Boys"?
(a) He wanted to see justice served.
(b) He wanted some cheese.
(c) He wanted a mix CD.
(d) He wanted a bribe.

3. What did the girls in the author's grade want him to do for Valentine's Day?
(a) They wanted the author to ask out his friend, Maylene.
(b) They wanted him to make them all valentines.
(c) They wanted him to teach their boyfriends to dance.
(d) They wanted him to dress as cupid.

4. What answer did Patricia give when the author asked her why she chose to give birth to him?
(a) She had him out of love for his father.
(b) She wanted someone that would love her whom she could love in return.
(c) She had him by accident.
(d) She had him to spite the apartheid regime.

5. What happened after the author asked Maylene out during their walk home together?
(a) They kissed outside a McDonalds.
(b) Maylene ran away.
(c) Maylene perished suddenly and tragically.
(d) Maylene mocked him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the author have trouble fitting in with his black classmates at Sandingham?

2. According to the author, which culture do the "colored people" of modern South Africa have the strongest link to?

3. How did the mothers of Alexandra feel about the author and his fellow "cheese boys"?

4. Why did Patricia warn the author not to tell Abel about the incident under the mulberry tree?

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

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