Mine Boy Quizzes

Mine Boy Quiz 1

1 Who narrates Mine Boy?
Eliza

An unnamed first-person narrator

A third-person omniscient narrator

Xuma
2 Who is the novel's protagonist?
Johannes

Eliza

Xuma

Leah
3 What year was Mine Boy published?
1918

2006

1989

1946
4 Who is the author of Mine Boy?
Paddy O'Shea

Peter Abrahams

Xuma

Ruth Yudelowitz
5 Where is Mine Boy primarily set?
Malay Camp and Johannesburg

Vredredorp

Kenya

Hoopvlei
6 What does Bantu mean?
Black

Colored

White

None of these
7 What type of mine does Xuma work at?
Gold

Coal

Quartz

Diamond
8 Who becomes an enemy of Leah?
Dladla

Eliza

Daddy

Xuma
9 Who is Xuma's primary love interest?
Eliza

Di

Leah

Maisy
10 Who is the Red One?
A sunburned mine worker

Xuma's boss Paddy

The mine's owner

None of these
11 What color is the sand extracted from the mines?
Silver

Black

Beige

White
12 Where does Xuma come from?
Johannesburg

Malay Camp

Hoopvlei

The north
13 What does Dladla brandish at the beginning of the novel?
A sword

A cane

A gun

A knife
14 Who takes Xuma in on his first night in Malay Camp?
Lena

Leah

Ma Plank

Eliza
15 Which characters fight each other on Xuma's first morning in the city?
Maisy and Eliza

Eliza and Leah

Leah and Fat Liz

Lena and Fat Liz
16 What time of night does Xuma arrive in Malay Camp?
Midnight

Three in the morning

One in the morning

Two in the morning
17 What does Leah do before letting Xuma into her home?
Tests his strength

Looks him over with a flashlight

Kisses him

None of these
18 What is Xuma's first impression of the people he meets at Leah's?
They are strangely friendly

They are strange people who believe in nothing

They are all drunks

They smell very good to him
19 What chases Xuma out of his room on the first morning at Leah's?
A bee

A horsefly

A wasp

Eliza
20 Who takes Xuma into the city on his first day?
Daddy

Joseph

Johannes

J.P. Williamson
21 How much does it cost for Leah to bribe the policeman?
Five pounds

Twenty dollars

Ten pounds

Ten dollars
22 Who advises Xuma to stretch out and relax on his first day at the mines?
Johannes

Joseph

Nana

Paddy
23 What does Xuma think Eliza looks like?
A supermodel

A statue

A smooth fresh brown flower

An actress
24 What technology does Xuma associate with white people?
Cars

Phones

Electric lights

Computers
25 Why does Xuma come to Malay Camp?
To work in the mines

To drink

He was told to leave his village

To escape his family

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