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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Fufi" - "Robert".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the author not allowed to eat food when visiting Temperance Noah's second family?
(a) Temperance's second family was too poor to buy food.
(b) Temperance's second family was full of bad cooks.
(c) Patricia was worried that Temperance's second family would try to poison them.
(d) Patricia wanted to show off her own cooking skills instead.

2. What did the vet reveal to the author about his dog, Fufi, after she died?
(a) Fufi died of natural causes.
(b) Fufi had been pregnant.
(c) Fufi was actually a coyote.
(d) Fufi was deaf.

3. Why did Frances Noah refuse to beat the author when the author was a little boy?
(a) She did not know whether or not Trevor's mother approved of corporal punishment.
(b) She claimed she did not know how to hit a white child.
(c) She was afraid that Trevor would overpower her.
(d) She thought that beating children was wrong.

4. Who threw the author from a moving vehicle when he was a young boy?
(a) A bank robber.
(b) A policeman.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

5. What did Patricia do when the author kept pestering her for toffee apples?
(a) She pretended to have never see him before.
(b) She beat him.
(c) She bought him a toffee apple.
(d) She called the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crime did the author's parents commit when they had him?

2. Who taught Patricia how to navigate Johannesburg without being deported to the Bantustans?

3. How did arguments between the author and his mother change after the author turned eight?

4. How did Robert feel when Patricia asked him to impregnate her?

5. What made the author "realize [he] was black" (59)?

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