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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the "pencil test" that the government administered to some colored people in South Africa?
(a) A measurement of a worker's strength determined by how large a bundle of pencils they could break with their bare hands.
(b) A test to determine whiteness, based on whether a pencil would stay in place if stuck in one's hair.
(c) A literacy test that colored people had to pass in order to vote in South African elections.
(d) A written test that, if passed, qualified a colored person to be reclassified as white.

2. Why could the author not ask Maylene out right away for Valentine's Day?
(a) He wanted to ask in the form of a poem and had trouble rhyming with "Maylene."
(b) He had to relay the message through her friends first.
(c) He was afraid of her boyfriend.
(d) He had to learn how to speak her native tongue.

3. What does the Afrikans term "amperbaas," used to refer to the status of colored people under apartheid, mean?
(a) "Underling."
(b) "Loud Baritone."
(c) "Esteemed technician."
(d) "Almost-boss."

4. How did the author first respond in his trial when he thought the judge asked him how he was?
(a) He said he was not fine.
(b) He said he was doing great.
(c) He said he was feeling relaxed.
(d) He mockingly repeated the question.

5. Why did the author have trouble fitting in with his colored classmates at Sandingham?
(a) They spent all their free time doing expensive things.
(b) They would bully him for being too white.
(c) They would bully him for being too black.
(d) They all lived far away.

6. How did Abel respond when the author told him what happened under the mulberry tree?
(a) He bought the author a new toy to cheer him up.
(b) He told the author to go defend himself.
(c) He hunted down the boys who beat the author and he beat up their ring leader.
(d) He laughed at the author.

7. Why did the author have trouble making friends in Highlands North?
(a) Kids at Highlands North were obsessed with Pokemon, but the author could not afford a Gameboy.
(b) The kids there only played inside.
(c) He got bad laryngitis after they moved, so he could not hold a conversation.
(d) Everyone there, except for the author, spoke Zulu.

8. In the foreword to "Go Hitler!," the author says that the historical education offered in South Africa is similar to what other country?
(a) Australia.
(b) America.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

9. How did the author feel when he saw what Abel did to the ringleader from the incident under the mulberry tree?
(a) He was horrified at Abel's ferocity.
(b) He was glad the boy could not hurt anyone else.
(c) He did not care at all.
(d) He was scared because he knew Abel would beat him up next.

10. When did the author decide to reveal his crush on Zaheera?
(a) During a telephone call.
(b) At the matric dance.
(c) While Zaheera was driving to the airport.
(d) Over the winter holiday.

11. According to the author, what racial group was notorious for having the most dangerous gangsters in South Africa?
(a) Indian people.
(b) Colored people.
(c) Black people.
(d) White people.

12. What crime did the author and Teddy get caught committing?
(a) Robbing an elderly person at gunpoint.
(b) Doing drugs.
(c) Stealing chocolates from a store.
(d) Assaulting a stranger.

13. What tribe was native to South Africa when it was first colonized by Europeans?
(a) The Xhosa.
(b) The Zulu.
(c) The Khoisan.
(d) The Afrikaners.

14. What did the extremely muscular Tsona-speaking man do to end up in jail?
(a) He stole playstation games so he could sell them and feed his family.
(b) He robbed a store so that he could afford to move out of Alexandra.
(c) He confessed to a crime he did not commit.
(d) He murdered a white businessman.

15. Who did the author credit with giving him and his friends permission to chant Hitler's name?
(a) Nelson Mandela.
(b) Joseph Goebbels.
(c) Morgan Freeman.
(d) Benito Mussolini.

Short Answer Questions

1. What element of American culture does the author equate with freedom in the story, "Go Hitler!"?

2. How did the author supplement his income during grade 12?

3. What physical condition does the author claim made him less attractive during grade 9?

4. What happened between the author and the pack of colored boys under the mulberry tree in Eden Park?

5. How did Patricia react after the author explained what happened to him under the mulberry tree?

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