Trevor's Early Life
In which township did Trevor's grandmother live?
Soweto
What is Apartheid?
Racial segregation in South Africa
What training did Trevor's mother receive that allowed her to subvert expectations for black women?
Secretarial courses
What was Trevor not allowed to eat at church?
The blood of Christ OR the body of Christ (Grape juice and crackers)
What holiday does Trevor not celebrate at Catholic school, and celebrates for the first time when he goes to public school?
Valentine's Day
What was the name of the coloured woman who pretended to be Trevor's mother when he was young?
Queen
What racial classification was Trevor given at birth?
Coloured
What job did Trevor's mother pretend to have in order to get around Johannesburg?
Maid
In Chapter 6, Trevor says "The two things I loved most were fire and" what other thing?
Knives
Why do the kids try to set Trevor up with another girl? And, what was her name?
They were the only two coloured kids. Maylene.
Name all three schools Trevor attends during parts 1 and 2 of the novel.
Maryvale, H. A. Jack, Sandringham
What did Trevor's parents/grandparents do to protect Trevor from being seen as the child of an interracial relationship?
Kept him indoors
What response does Trevor's mother give when Trevor asks her why they never left/fled South Africa during Apartheid?
This is my country, why should I leave?
After Trevor burns down the house, one of his uncles stops calling him Trevor, and starts calling him what?
Terror
Where did Trevor have his first kiss?
In front of McDonald's
Name one of Trevor's "favourites" which his dad makes for him during their reunion.
What analogy does Trevor use when he learns that other mixed children left South Africa during Apartheid?
Falling out of a plane, breaking all your bones, and then learning about parachutes.
What does the name "Patricia Nombuyiselo" mean?
She who gives back.
In Chapter 12, Trevor mentions he met "Teddy." He says that Teddy "was the terror in his family" and that "I was the terror in my family." What does Trevor's mom call Teddy?
Bugs Bunny
Babiki doesn't speak much English. What is the main language she speaks?
Pedi
Trevor loved fantasy books. What book series did Patricia not want to buy for Trevor? He had to fight to convince her to get this series for him.
The Chronicles of Narnia
What was the name of the law that made Trevor's parents' relationship illegal?
Immorality Act
When Patricia moves in with her dad, he sends her to live his sister in the Xhosa homeland. How many cousins did she live with at that point?
Fourteen
In Chapter 13, Trevor's friend Tom lies and tells everyone that Trevor is someone he's not. What is the name of the person Tom wants Trevor to pretend to be?
Spliff Star
Who does Trevor say was "the love of my life. Beautiful but stupid"?