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The Power of One

Bryce Courtenay

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How does Granpa Chook die?

(A) He falls out of a tree.

(B) A snake kills him.

(C) The Judge catapults him with a stone.

(D) Inkosi-Inkosikazi puts him to sleep.

In what item of clothing does Peekay dress Granpa Chook for his funeral?

(A) A red sweater

(B) A khaki shirt

(C) A bow tie

(D) Mevrou's doek

To which tribe does Gideon Mandoma belong?

(A) Shangaan

(B) Xhosa

(C) Zulu

(D) Sotho

From what does Peekay's mother suffer?

(A) Schizophrenia

(B) Piles

(C) Newcastle disease

(D) A nervous breakdown

How many boxing fights has Peekay lost by the time he leaves for Northern Rhodesia?

(A) None

(B) One

(C) Three

(D) Ten

Who are "the People"?

(A) The Afrikaners

(B) The Nazis

(C) The British

(D) The Africans

Who dubs South Africa "the great Southland"?

(A) Peekay

(B) Geel Piet

(C) Miss Bornstein

(D) Doc

What is a "coffeepot"?

(A) A strangely shaped hill in the Barberton Valley

(B) A train

(C) An African coffee maker

(D) A derogatory term for an Afrikaner

How many "Sinjun's People" are there each year?

(A) Six

(B) Twenty

(C) One hundred

(D) Two

What kind of world boxing champion does Peekay aspire to be?

(A) Lightweight

(B) Heavyweight

(C) Welterweight

(D) Bantamweight

What are "King Georgies"?

(A) Letters

(B) Miniature statues of King George V

(C) Boxing singlets

(D) Cigarettes

What gift do the Barberton prisoners give to Peekay?

(A) Boxing gloves

(B) A couple of King Georgies

(C) Boxing shoes

(D) Kneepads

What is the name of Mrs. Boxall's organization for the Barberton prisoners?

(A) The Sandwich Fund

(B) The Barberton Blues

(C) The Oxwagon Guard

(D) Save the Prisoners

What is a "swot spot" in the Prince of Wales School?

(A) A place to study

(B) A sports management position

(C) A place to spy on girls

(D) The boxing warm-up zone

What does Doc have in his hand when he first meets Peekay?

(A) A camera

(B) A cactus

(C) Beethoven's Symphony Number Five

(D) A Johnny Walker bottle

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