This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “A Young Man’s Long, Awkward, Occasionally Tragic, and Frequently Humiliating Education in Affairs of the Heart, Part 2: The Crush” - “A Young Man’s Long, Awkward, Occasionally Tragic, and Frequently Humiliating Education in Affairs of the Heart, Part 3: The Dance” .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is NOT a language that Patricia taught to the author?
(a) Xhosa.
(b) Tsonga.
(c) English.
(d) Afrikaans.

3. What unusual career move did Patricia make in the early 1980s?
(a) She became a secretary.
(b) She became a chiropractor.
(c) She became a housekeeper.
(d) She started working in a factory.

4. What did Bongani reveal to the author about Babiki after everyone came out of the dance to look at her?
(a) She did not speak English.
(b) Babiki was a violent alcoholic.
(c) Babiki had never spoken to a man outside of her family before.
(d) Babiki was actually a member of the secret police.

5. How did the author track Robert down after his mother instructed him to do so?
(a) He consulted a local shaman.
(b) He released an ad in the newspaper.
(c) He searched Cape Town on foot.
(d) He contacted the Swiss embassy.