Mine Boy Quizzes

Mine Boy Quiz 1

1 Who narrates Mine Boy?
A third-person omniscient narrator

Xuma

Eliza

An unnamed first-person narrator
2 Who is the novel's protagonist?
Johannes

Leah

Eliza

Xuma
3 What year was Mine Boy published?
1989

1918

2006

1946
4 Who is the author of Mine Boy?
Peter Abrahams

Ruth Yudelowitz

Paddy O'Shea

Xuma
5 Where is Mine Boy primarily set?
Kenya

Hoopvlei

Malay Camp and Johannesburg

Vredredorp
6 What does Bantu mean?
Black

Colored

White

None of these
7 What type of mine does Xuma work at?
Coal

Gold

Diamond

Quartz
8 Who becomes an enemy of Leah?
Xuma

Daddy

Dladla

Eliza
9 Who is Xuma's primary love interest?
Eliza

Di

Maisy

Leah
10 Who is the Red One?
A sunburned mine worker

Xuma's boss Paddy

The mine's owner

None of these
11 What color is the sand extracted from the mines?
White

Silver

Beige

Black
12 Where does Xuma come from?
Johannesburg

Hoopvlei

The north

Malay Camp
13 What does Dladla brandish at the beginning of the novel?
A knife

A gun

A sword

A cane
14 Who takes Xuma in on his first night in Malay Camp?
Ma Plank

Eliza

Leah

Lena
15 Which characters fight each other on Xuma's first morning in the city?
Lena and Fat Liz

Maisy and Eliza

Eliza and Leah

Leah and Fat Liz
16 What time of night does Xuma arrive in Malay Camp?
Midnight

Three in the morning

One in the morning

Two in the morning
17 What does Leah do before letting Xuma into her home?
Tests his strength

Looks him over with a flashlight

Kisses him

None of these
18 What is Xuma's first impression of the people he meets at Leah's?
They are all drunks

They are strangely friendly

They are strange people who believe in nothing

They smell very good to him
19 What chases Xuma out of his room on the first morning at Leah's?
A wasp

Eliza

A horsefly

A bee
20 Who takes Xuma into the city on his first day?
Daddy

Joseph

J.P. Williamson

Johannes
21 How much does it cost for Leah to bribe the policeman?
Ten pounds

Twenty dollars

Ten dollars

Five pounds
22 Who advises Xuma to stretch out and relax on his first day at the mines?
Joseph

Johannes

Paddy

Nana
23 What does Xuma think Eliza looks like?
An actress

A supermodel

A smooth fresh brown flower

A statue
24 What technology does Xuma associate with white people?
Phones

Electric lights

Computers

Cars
25 Why does Xuma come to Malay Camp?
He was told to leave his village

To work in the mines

To drink

To escape his family

which Quote on page 38 on the novel shows that Xuma negotiate the intricacies of racial capitalism and gender withinthe novel

PASS NATIVE XUMA GANG LEADER FOR MR PADDY O'SHEA

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In Chapter Five of "Mine Boy" by Peter Abrahams, the focus shifts to the struggles of the characters as they navigate the harsh realities of life in the mining community. The chapter highlights the challenges faced by the protagonist, Xuma, as he...

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Though Mine Boy was published two years before the first official apartheid law was enacted, the novel depicts the racial separation that would be increased during the apartheid era. The illegal beer selling Leah engages in results from a law that...

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Mine Boy

by Peter Abrahams

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