Mother to Mother Quizzes

Mother to Mother Quiz 1

1 What do the residents of Guguletu call the township?
Guguula

Goggles

Guguleta

Gugulabo
2 What does Gugulabo mean?
Their Lies

Their Joy

Their Pride

Their Fault
3 What work was Amy Biehl doing in South Africa?
Helping prepare the country for a democratic election

Sexual education

Studying at the University

She was vacationing
4 What is another name Mxolisi is given at birth?
Prinicipe

Mxoli

Robert

Michael
5 Who is Mama kaSiziwe?
Siziwe

Nada

Mandisa

None of the above
6 Who is Tata kaMandisa?
Mandisa

Mandisa's father

Mandisa's uncle

None of the Above
7 What previous good deed of Mxolisi's involving a young girl does Mandisa recall in chapter 9?
He shares his food with a hungry girl

He falls in love with a girl

He lets a girl in to his clique of boys

He saves a girl from being raped
8 What do the Xhosa people do in response to the prospect of the colonization of South Africa?
They sacrifice all of their cattle

They don't do anything

They banish all of their female children

They cut all of their hair
9 Where does Amy's mother find glory, according to Mandisa?
In that her daughter was a good person with a kind soul

In that she can, from this point, never do wrong in her life again

In that her loss comes with no sense of personal shame

None of the above
10 What "adult" topics does Stella talk to a young Mandisa about?
China and cute boys from their childhood

Sex, pregnancy and abortions

Alcohol and partying

None of the above
11 What is unusual about Mandisa's pregnancy?
Mandisa was only pregnant for 5 months

It occurred when she was still a child

It occurred without penetrative sex

None of the above
12 Which of the following does Mandisa recall calling her son and his friends?
The Politicized Young

Jellyfish

The Young Lions

Our Warriors
13 Who are the boers?
They are a type of pig

Descendants of the original Afrikaans settlers in South Africa

Politicians

All white people in South Africa
14 Why does Mandisa stop going to school?
She becomes pregnant

She drops out

The schools teach false history

There aren't enough spots for her
15 Which of the following is a theme of the novel?
Chance

Motherhood

Shame

All of the Above
16 What is the scene in which the policemen kicks the jacket an important allegory of?
The senseless violence with which the police treat black people

The poverty which black people must endure, that leaves them without clothing often

The powerlessness of black people in the face of the oppressive white settlers

None of the above
17 What food does Mxolisi ask his mother for on the morning of the murder?
Cereal

Juice

Eggs

Beef
18 What nickname does Mrs. Nelson call Mandisa?
Mandy

Man-man

Melanie

None of the above
19 Which of the following best describes Amy Biehl?
Compassionate

A good friend

Engaged in the community she is helping

All of the above
20 Which of the following best encompasses how Mandisa describes her son?
Cruel and heartless

Ungrateful of his mother

A follower

Lazy, spends too much time "gadding about"
21 Why does Mandisa feel that she is better than other women who had children around her age?
She was in love with Mxolisi's father

She is a good mother

She forces her children to go to school

She was a virgin
22 What is the mob chanting as it attacks Amy's car?
"Down with the government"

"One Settler, One Bullet"

"Whites are dogs"

They weren't chanting, they were senselessly yelling
23 What is the effect of personifying Gugueltu?
The dire state of the township mimics that of its residents

It allows for the use of vivid imagery

It helps young Mandisa cope with the move

None of the above
24 What is Mandisa's intention in writing to Amy Biehl's mother?
To make Amy's mother feel bad for grieving

To justify her son's actions

To alleviate her own guilt

To describe the human callousness that made what happen to Amy possible
25 At what points of her life is Mandisa faced with scrutiny from her community?
When China abandons his family

At the time of Amy's murder

At the time of her pregnancy

All of the above

Consider the discrepancies between Magona's statement's "there is only one killer" and "we are all culpable" Do you agree with Samuelson statement in Mother to Mother

In mother to mother novel is there one killer?

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Chapter 4

Chapter 4 teaches us about womanhood in Guguletu. Before Mandisa knows to worry about Mxolisi, it is Siziwe she worries about. Siziwe is vulnerable in the chaos, and on her way home, Mandisa worries that her daughter will be raped. Rape, along...

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Comment on what you’ve learnt about Amy’s physical appearance and character traits.

Amy is tall and strong. She has a radiant smile and long dark hair.

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 3/11/2024 12:15 PM

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by Sindiwe Magona

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