Mother to Mother Quizzes

Mother to Mother Quiz 1

By Adrienne Allen · Last reviewed August 04, 2019

1 What do the residents of Guguletu call the township?

Gugulabo

Guguleta

Goggles

Guguula
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

Studying at the University

Sexual education

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

Michael

Robert

Mxoli

Prinicipe
5 Who is Mama kaSiziwe?

Siziwe

Mandisa

Nada

None of the above
6 Who is Tata kaMandisa?

Mandisa

Mandisa's uncle

Mandisa's father

None of the Above
7 What previous good deed of Mxolisi's involving a young girl does Mandisa recall in chapter 9?

He saves a girl from being raped

He shares his food with a hungry girl

He lets a girl in to his clique of boys

He falls in love with a girl
8 What do the Xhosa people do in response to the prospect of the colonization of South Africa?

They don't do anything

They sacrifice all of their cattle

They cut all of their hair

They banish all of their female children
9 Where does Amy's mother find glory, according to Mandisa?

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

In that her daughter was a good person with a kind soul

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?

It occurred when she was still a child

It occurred without penetrative sex

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?

The Young Lions

Our Warriors

The Politicized Young

Jellyfish
13 Who are the boers?

Descendants of the original Afrikaans settlers in South Africa

They are a type of pig

Politicians

All white people 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?

Chance

Shame

Motherhood

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?

Eggs

Juice

Beef

Cereal
18 What nickname does Mrs. Nelson call Mandisa?

Mandy

Melanie

Man-man

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

A good friend

Engaged in the community she is helping

Compassionate

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

A follower

Cruel and heartless

Ungrateful of his mother

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 forces her children to go to school

She was a virgin

She is a good mother

She was in love with Mxolisi's father
22 What is the mob chanting as it attacks Amy's car?

"Down with the government"

"One Settler, One Bullet"

They weren't chanting, they were senselessly yelling

"Whites are dogs"
23 What is the effect of personifying Gugueltu?

It allows for the use of vivid imagery

The dire state of the township mimics that of its residents

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?

At the time of her pregnancy

At the time of Amy's murder

When China abandons his family

All of the above

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