Mine Boy Quiz 1

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1. Who narrates Mine Boy?
2. Xuma
3. Eliza
4. A third-person omniscient narrator
5. An unnamed first-person narrator
6. Who is the novel’s protagonist?
7. Xuma
8. Johannes
9. Leah
10. Eliza
11. What year was Mine Boy published?
12. 1989
13. 2006
14. 1946
15. 1918
16. Who is the author of Mine Boy?
17. Peter Abrahams
18. Ruth Yudelowitz
19. Xuma
20. Paddy O’Shea
21. Where is Mine Boy primarily set?
    1. Hoopvlei
    1. Malay Camp and Johannesburg
    1. Kenya
    1. Vredredorp
22. What does Bantu mean?
    1. Colored
    1. White
    1. Black
    1. None of these
23. What type of mine does Xuma work at?
    1. Quartz
    1. Diamond
    1. Gold
    1. Coal
24. Who becomes an enemy of Leah?
    1. Xuma
    1. Eliza
    1. Dladla
    1. Daddy
25. Who is Xuma’s primary love interest?
26. Di
27. Maisy
28. Eliza
29. Leah
30. Who is the Red One?
31. A sunburned mine worker
32. The mine’s owner
33. Xuma’s boss Paddy
34. None of these
35. What color is the sand extracted from the mines?
36. White
37. Silver
38. Black
39. Beige
40. Where does Xuma come from?
41. Malay Camp
42.  The north
43. Johannesburg
44. Hoopvlei
45. What does Dladla brandish at the beginning of the novel?
46. A knife
47. A cane
48. A sword
49. A gun
50. Who takes Xuma in on his first night in Malay Camp?
51. Ma Plank
52. Lena
53. Leah
54. Eliza
55. Which characters fight each other on Xuma’s first morning in the city?
56. Lena and Fat Liz
57. Leah and Fat Liz
58. Maisy and Eliza
59. Eliza and Leah
60. What time of night does Xuma arrive in Malay Camp?
61. Midnight
62. Three in the morning
63. One in the morning
64. Two in the morning
65. What does Leah do before letting Xuma into her home?
66. Tests his strength
67. Looks him over with a flashlight
68. Kisses him
69. None of these
70. What is Xuma’s first impression of the people he meets at Leah’s?
71. They are all drunks
72. They smell very good to him
73. They are strange people who believe in nothing
74. They are strangely friendly
75. What chases Xuma out of his room on the first morning at Leah’s?
76. A horsefly
77. A wasp
78. Eliza
79. A bee
80. Who takes Xuma into the city on his first day?
81. J.P. Williamson
82. Johannes
83. Daddy
84. Joseph
85. How much does it cost for Leah to bribe the policeman?
86. Ten pounds
87. Ten dollars
88. Twenty dollars
89. Five pounds
90. Who advises Xuma to stretch out and relax on his first day at the mines?
91. Paddy
92. Nana
93. Joseph
94. Johannes
95. What does Xuma think Eliza looks like?
96. A smooth fresh brown flower
97. An actress
98. A supermodel
99. A statue
100. What technology does Xuma associate with white people?
101. Computers
102. Electric lights
103. Phones
104. Cars
105. Why does Xuma come to Malay Camp?
106. To drink
107. To work in the mines
108. To escape his family
109. He was told to leave his village

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