Question 1

What tribe was native to South Africa when it was first colonized by Europeans?

Accepted Answer

The Khoisan.

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The Xhosa.

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The Zulu.

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The Afrikaners.

Question 2

According to the author, which culture do the "colored people" of modern South Africa have the strongest link to?

Accepted Answer

The Afrikaners.

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The Xhosa

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The Sotho.

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The Zulu.

Question 3

Why did the author play alone under the Mulberry tree when he was in Eden Park?

Accepted Answer

He did not have any friends.

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He planned to poison the Mulberry tree and did not want any witnesses

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He planned to poison the Mulberry tree and did not want any witnesses.

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He was not used to the time difference in Eden Park and was outside playing while everyone else was sleeping

Question 4

What does the Afrikans term "amperbaas," used to refer to the status of colored people under apartheid, mean?

Accepted Answer

"Almost-boss."

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"Loud Baritone."

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"Underling."

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"Esteemed technician."

Question 5

What was the "pencil test" that the government administered to some colored people in South Africa?

Accepted Answer

A test to determine whiteness, based on whether a pencil would stay in place if stuck in one's hair.

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A literacy test that colored people had to pass in order to vote in South African elections.

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A written test that, if passed, qualified a colored person to be reclassified as white.

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A measurement of a worker's strength determined by how large a bundle of pencils they could break with their bare hands.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

They called him "Bushman" and pelted him with berries.

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They made him help them burn down the tree.

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They ate his berries right in front of him.

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They shared their berries with him.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

She laughed and said she was relieved it was not blood.

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She told him to go tell someone who cared.

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She went out and beat up the boys who pelted him.

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She cried and held the author in her arms.

Question 8

Why did Patricia warn the author not to tell Abel about the incident under the mulberry tree?

Accepted Answer

She knew that Abel would react with violence.

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Abel had just had a long day and could not handle the emotional stress of learning what happened.

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She did not want Abel to know that she had raised a son who could not protect himself.

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She knew that Abel would laugh at the author.

Question 9

How did Abel respond when the author told him what happened under the mulberry tree?

Accepted Answer

He hunted down the boys who beat the author and he beat up their ring leader.

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He told the author to go defend himself.

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He laughed at the author.

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He bought the author a new toy to cheer him up.

Question 10

How did the author feel when he saw what Abel did to the ringleader from the incident under the mulberry tree?

Accepted Answer

He was horrified at Abel's ferocity.

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He was glad the boy could not hurt anyone else.

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He was scared because he knew Abel would beat him up next.

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He did not care at all

Question 11

What advice did Patricia give the author for how he should act if his wife made more money than him?

Accepted Answer

Patricia said that a man is not diminished if his wife makes more money than he does.

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Patricia said that if the author ever married a girl who made more money, he should have her quit her job.

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Patricia said that the author should not marry a wealthy woman because they are traitors to the proletariat.

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Patricia said that if the author had a rich wife, he should quit his job and let her take care of him.

Question 12

What advice did Patricia give the author about prioritizing between his wife and mother?

Accepted Answer

Patricia said that a man's wife should always come first.

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Patricia said that men should not respect women at all.

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Patricia said that men should be the tie-breaker in arguments between their wives and mothers.

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Patricia said that a man's mother should always come first.

Question 13

What did the author find inappropriate about the relationship advice Patricia gave him when he was a child?

Accepted Answer

He thought that Patricia's advice was suited to adult relationships rather than children's relationships.

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He thought Patricia's advice was heteronormative.

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He thought Patricia's advice was too religious.

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He thought Patricia's advice was naïve

Question 14

What holiday did the author experience for the first time at H. A. Jack Primary?

Accepted Answer

Valentine's Day.

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Boxing Day

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Christmas.

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Armistice Day.

Question 15

What did the girls in the author's grade want him to do for Valentine's Day?

Accepted Answer

They wanted the author to ask out his friend, Maylene.

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They wanted him to dress as cupid.

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They wanted him to make them all valentines.

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They wanted him to teach their boyfriends to dance.

Question 16

How did the author feel about Maylene before Valentine's Day?

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He thought she was cool and fun to hang out with.

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He hated her.

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He was madly in love with her.

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He had never heard of her

Question 17

What did the author and Mayelene have in common?

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They both had a mix of white and black ancestry.

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They lived in the same house together

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They both hated the entire idea of Valentine's Day.

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They both had crushes on a white boy named Lorenzo.

Question 18

Why could the author not ask Maylene out right away for Valentine's Day?

Accepted Answer

He had to relay the message through her friends first.

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He wanted to ask in the form of a poem and had trouble rhyming with "Maylene."

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He was afraid of her boyfriend.

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He had to learn how to speak her native tongue.

Question 19

What happened after the author asked Maylene out during their walk home together?

Accepted Answer

They kissed outside a McDonalds.

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Maylene perished suddenly and tragically.

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Maylene ran away.

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Maylene mocked him.

Question 20

What happened between Maylene and the author on Valentine's Day?

Accepted Answer

She left him for the white boy, Lorenzo.

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They learned that they were actually first cousins.

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They got into a horrible fight and broke up.

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They had a lovely time reading poetry together.

Question 21

To what does the author compare Patricia when he describes her skill for maximizing petrol?

Accepted Answer

The sophisticates stop-start system used in hybrid cars.

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A madwoman.

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A miser

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A manual laborer.

Question 22

Why did Patricia make the author push her car?

Accepted Answer

She wanted to maximize fuel.

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The car was broken.

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She was punishing the author.

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She wanted to help the author become strong

Question 23

How did the author feel about pushing his mother's car?

Accepted Answer

He thought it was humiliating.

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He thought it would help him build character.

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He thought it was funny

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He thought his feats of strength would impress his peers.

Question 24

What were Model C Schools?

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Schools that mixed elements of Government and private ownership.

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Fancy private schools favored by white children.

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Remnants of the Bantu system.

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Poorly funded government schools.

Question 25

Why did the author have trouble fitting in with his white classmates at Sandingham?

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They were always doing things that required spending money.

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They could not understand him when he spoke.

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Their parents forbade them from hanging out with him.

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They only wanted to listen to grunge rock.

Question 26

Why did the author have trouble fitting in with his black classmates at Sandingham?

Accepted Answer

They all lived far away and his mother would never buy the petrol to take him to their homes.

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They refused to associate with someone who was light-skinned.

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They remembered his destructive antics in Soweto

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Their parents forbade them from hanging out with him.

Question 27

Why did the author have trouble fitting in with his colored classmates at Sandingham?

Accepted Answer

They would bully him for being too black.

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They spent all their free time doing expensive things.

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They would bully him for being too white.

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They all lived far away.

Question 28

How did the author make money at Sandingham?

Accepted Answer

Taking orders for a small commission at the tuck-shop.

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Writing papers for his peers.

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Selling lemonade.

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Making custom mixtapes and selling them.

Question 29

Why were students willing to pay the author to buy food for them?

Accepted Answer

It saved them time in the queue.

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They felt sorry for the author

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They did not realize they could get in line themselves.

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The tuck-shop owner always made food for the author with special care

Question 30

Who were the author's number one customers?

Accepted Answer

Fat guys.

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Foolish guys.

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Slow guys.

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White guys.

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