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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happened to the cats that Patricia adopted after moving to Eden Park?
(a) They had too many kittens.
(b) They ran away.
(c) They got sick and had to be put down.
(d) They were mutilated.

4. What was the only part of a person's home that could not be improved in Soweto?
(a) The ceiling.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The driveway.
(d) The walls.

5. What did the author do to get to know his father better after their reunion in Cape Town?
(a) He interviewed him.
(b) He hired a private investigator.
(c) He had him fill out a questionnaire.
(d) He spied on him.

6. Who did the author accuse of tricking his mother into going to church the day they were threatened in the minibus?
(a) Trevor claimed that he tricked her himself.
(b) He accused the Devil.
(c) He claimed that the pastor tricked his mother.
(d) He accused God.

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

8. Who did the author forget was in the house when he defecated on the newspaper?
(a) Temperance.
(b) Frances.
(c) Koko.
(d) Nombuyiselo.

9. What does the author say is impressive about the timing of his mother's decision to have him?
(a) She chose to have him before she knew apartheid would end.
(b) She chose to have him even though it would have been very expensive at the time.
(c) She chose to have him at a time when the world's population was increasing.
(d) She chose to have him even though she could still remember her mistreatment by the hands of her own family.

10. What does the name Nombuyiselo mean?
(a) "A builder of ships."
(b) "She who gives back."
(c) "She who popped out of nowhere."
(d) "The Fixer."

11. What does the author indicate would probably happen if a black man had sex with a white woman under the apartheid system?
(a) The black man would probably be charged with rape.
(b) The police would not care at all.
(c) The police would probably let them off with a warning.
(d) The white woman would probably be charged with rape.

12. Who was the only member of the author's family who was willing to use corporal punishment on him?
(a) His father.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His mother.

13. What did the author say he had learned about Robert after they spent the weekend together?
(a) He learned that Robert was humble.
(b) He learned that Robert was secretive.
(c) He learned that Robert was wise.
(d) He learned that Robert was a jerk.

14. According to the author, how do black people treat dogs in South Africa?
(a) They treat them like tools.
(b) They treat them like toys.
(c) They treat them like alarm systems.
(d) They treat them like children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what mental disorder did Temperance Noah suffer?

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

3. Why was the author unable to call his father "dad" growing up?

4. How would Fufi escape the author's yard?

5. What were the two main things Patricia would spend money on when her son was growing up?

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