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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did arguments between the author and his mother change after the author turned eight?
(a) Their arguments became nastier and more personal.
(b) They started arguing about more mature topics.
(c) They began to argue in writing instead of in person.
(d) They stopped arguing altogether.

2. Why did people in Soweto use the author as a landmark for giving directions when he was young?
(a) He was always singing very loudly so you could always tell where he was.
(b) His house had an unusual shape.
(c) He was the only light-skinned person in the area.
(d) He was famous for his work on The Daily Show.

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

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

5. How did the author respond when he found out that he could not take communion because he was not Catholic?
(a) He converted to Catholicism.
(b) He asked if Jesus, being Jewish, would also be denied the right of communion.
(c) He called the owners of the school racist.
(d) He apologized for the misunderstanding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Patricia allowed to stay on the farm at age nine?

2. How did the shopkeeper in the story "Chameleon" respond when Patricia proved she could understand Afrikaans?

3. When does the author believe that a person is most themselves, according to the story "Pray, Trevor"?

4. In the foreword to the story "Fufi," how does the author explain his observation that most black people in Africa dislike cats?

5. From what mental disorder did Temperance Noah suffer?

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