Mother to Mother Quizzes

Mother to Mother Quiz 1

1 What do the residents of Guguletu call the township?

Goggles

Gugulabo

Guguleta

Guguula
2 What does Gugulabo mean?

Their Lies

Their Joy

Their Fault

Their Pride
3 What work was Amy Biehl doing in South Africa?

Sexual education

Studying at the University

She was vacationing

Helping prepare the country for a democratic election
4 What is another name Mxolisi is given at birth?

Michael

Mxoli

Robert

Prinicipe
5 Who is Mama kaSiziwe?

Siziwe

Mandisa

Nada

None of the above
6 Who is Tata kaMandisa?

Mandisa's father

Mandisa

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 falls in love with a girl

He saves a girl from being raped

He lets a girl in to his clique of boys

He shares his food with a hungry girl
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 banish all of their female children

They cut all of their hair

They don't do anything
9 Where does Amy's mother find glory, according to Mandisa?

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

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?

Sex, pregnancy and abortions

Alcohol and partying

China and cute boys from their childhood

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?

Our Warriors

The Politicized Young

Jellyfish

The Young Lions
13 Who are the boers?

Politicians

All white people in South Africa

Descendants of the original Afrikaans settlers in South Africa

They are a type of pig
14 Why does Mandisa stop going to school?

There aren't enough spots for her

She becomes pregnant

She drops out

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?

Eggs

Juice

Beef

Cereal
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?

A good friend

Compassionate

Engaged in the community she is helping

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

A follower

Lazy, spends too much time "gadding about"

Ungrateful of his mother

Cruel and heartless
21 Why does Mandisa feel that she is better than other women who had children around her age?

She was a virgin

She is a good mother

She forces her children to go to school

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

"One Settler, One Bullet"

They weren't chanting, they were senselessly yelling

"Whites are dogs"

"Down with the government"
23 What is the effect of personifying Gugueltu?

The dire state of the township mimics that of its residents

It helps young Mandisa cope with the move

It allows for the use of vivid imagery

None of the above
24 What is Mandisa's intention in writing to Amy Biehl's mother?

To alleviate her own guilt

To justify her son's actions

To make Amy's mother feel bad for grieving

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 Amy's murder

At the time of her pregnancy

When China abandons his family

All of the above

In Chapter 3 why did Mandisa have to leave work early?

In Chapter Three, Mrs. Nelson comes home early to take Mandisa home. Although she protests about having cooking left to do, Mrs. Nelson is insistent. She rushes into the home and demands that Mandisa promptly leaves with her: "Trouble in Guguletu,...

Asked by 0ratile n #1393888

Answered by jill d #170087 on 6/11/2026 3:41 PM