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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Mulberry Tree" - "Outsider".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who taught Patricia how to navigate Johannesburg without being deported to the Bantustans?
(a) Police.
(b) Prostitutes.
(c) Food vendors.
(d) Mini-bus drivers.

2. How did Patricia handle "major disputes" (84) with the author?
(a) She beat him.
(b) She wrote extra-length letters.
(c) She insisted on arguing in Xhosa.
(d) She got other members of the family to help argue with him.

3. What happened when the author tried to show his friend how to burn his name into pieces of wood?
(a) His friend wrote a bad word and blamed it on the author.
(b) They accidentally burned down the author's friend's house.
(c) The author and his friend started a moderately successful wood furnishing business.
(d) They wrote their names in the side of the house and got in trouble.

4. How did the author feel about Maylene before Valentine's Day?
(a) He thought she was cool and fun to hang out with.
(b) He had never heard of her.
(c) He was madly in love with her.
(d) He hated her.

5. What was unusual about the steakhouse that Robert opened?
(a) It was racially integrated.
(b) It only served Indian people.
(c) They served zebra steaks.
(d) It put on a talent show where the author performed every night.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Abel go after he was forced to move out of the home of the white family he lived with?

3. What does the author say is impressive about the timing of his mother's decision to have him?

4. What tribe was native to South Africa when it was first colonized by Europeans?

5. Why does the author compare Patricia to a "guerilla fighter" (84)?

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