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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Second Girl" - "Loopholes".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the author view the "destructive" (79) antics from his youth?
(a) He wanted vengeance on those that wronged him.
(b) He was not destructive at all, he just got a bad rap because of his racial identity.
(c) He had an insatiable desire to see the world burn.
(d) He was creating chaos to see how people reacted.

2. Where did Abel go after he was forced to move out of the home of the white family he lived with?
(a) He was forced to live on the streets.
(b) He moved in with Patricia and the author.
(c) He left to make it big in America.
(d) He bought an identical house across the street.

3. Who was the most consistent male figure in the author's life growing up?
(a) His uncle, Dinky.
(b) Nelson Mandela.
(c) His father, Robert.
(d) His grandfather, Temperance.

4. What reason did Patricia give when the author asked why they did not move to Switzerland?
(a) She did not want to leave South Africa.
(b) Switzerland would be even worse.
(c) Switzerland refused to accept them.
(d) She believed South Africa was too good for them.

5. Which church does the author describe as "passionate" and "cathartic"?
(a) The multiracial church.
(b) The mostly black church.
(c) The Chinese church.
(d) The mostly white church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the author not allowed to eat food when visiting Temperance Noah's second family?

2. What nationality is listed on the author's birth certificate?

3. Where did Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko go to school?

4. What diagnosis did the school psychologists give the author after he laughed while being corporally punished?

5. To what did Patricia attribute the fecal matter she discovered in her wastepaper basket?

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