Mother to Mother Quizzes

Mother to Mother Quiz 1

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

Gugulabo

Goggles

Guguula
2 What does Gugulabo mean?
Their Fault

Their Lies

Their Joy

Their Pride
3 What work was Amy Biehl doing in South Africa?
Studying at the University

Helping prepare the country for a democratic election

Sexual education

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

Robert

Michael

Mxoli
5 Who is Mama kaSiziwe?
Siziwe

Mandisa

Nada

None of the above
6 Who is Tata kaMandisa?
Mandisa's father

Mandisa's uncle

Mandisa

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 saves a girl from being raped

He lets a girl in to his clique of boys
8 What do the Xhosa people do in response to the prospect of the colonization of South Africa?
They cut all of their hair

They sacrifice all of their cattle

They don't do anything

They banish all of their female children
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 her loss comes with no sense of personal shame

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

None of the above
10 What "adult" topics does Stella talk to a young Mandisa about?
Alcohol and partying

Sex, pregnancy and abortions

China and cute boys from their childhood

None of the above
11 What is unusual about Mandisa's pregnancy?
It occurred without penetrative sex

It occurred when she was still a child

Mandisa was only pregnant for 5 months

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

The Politicized Young

Our Warriors

The Young Lions
13 Who are the boers?
All white people in South Africa

Politicians

They are a type of pig

Descendants of the original Afrikaans settlers in South Africa
14 Why does Mandisa stop going to school?
She drops out

There aren't enough spots for her

She becomes pregnant

The schools teach false history
15 Which of the following is a theme of the novel?
Motherhood

Chance

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?
Juice

Eggs

Cereal

Beef
18 What nickname does Mrs. Nelson call Mandisa?
Man-man

Melanie

Mandy

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

Engaged in the community she is helping

A good friend

All of the above
20 Which of the following best encompasses how Mandisa describes her son?
Lazy, spends too much time "gadding about"

Ungrateful of his mother

Cruel and heartless

A follower
21 Why does Mandisa feel that she is better than other women who had children around her age?
She forces her children to go to school

She was in love with Mxolisi's father

She is a good mother

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 justify her son's actions

To alleviate her own guilt

To describe the human callousness that made what happen to Amy possible

To make Amy's mother feel bad for grieving
25 At what points of her life is Mandisa faced with scrutiny from her community?
At the time of Amy's murder

At the time of her pregnancy

When China abandons his family

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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