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WorksheetsThe Power of One
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
In which country does the story take place?
South Korea
South Africa
Kenya
Mozambique
How did PK's father die?
Hit by train
Car accident
Trampled by elephant
Killed by Nazis
What were the white South Africans called?
Yankees
Afrikaners
Blancos
Gringos
Why did the boys in the boarding school bully and harass PK?
He was English and the Afrikaners hated the English
He had blond hair and blue eyes
The boys were jealous because PK was bigger and stronger than them
He was a bed wetter
Who did PK's grandfather send to mentor and help him?
Philip
A Donkey
Karl "Doc" von Vollensteen
Jaapie Botha
What animal did Dabula Manzi give PK as a guide and protector on his journey?
Goat
Chicken
Pig
Mouse
What instrument did Doc teach PK to play?
Guitar
Banjo
Piano
Violin
A South African policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.
Separati
Apartheid
Segregation
Jim Crow Laws
Geel Piet tells young PK, "Little defeats big when little is smart, first with the _________ , then with the __________."
Head, Heart
Left, Right
Right, Left
Heart, Head
Geel Piet teaches PK the infamous ________ combination.
8 punch
one-two
upper cut
right hook
Why did Doc go to prison?
He failed to register as an alien from Germany
He smuggled tobacco
He failed to pay taxes
He played the piano
Doc tells PK that the two most important things in life are...
good health and a good education
health and happiness
food and water
freedom and liberty
Why did the prison commandant want to hold a concert?
To honor the visiting commissioner
To honor Hitler
To honor the Queen
To honor South Africa
In high school, PK falls for a girl named Maria Marais. Why does PK's friend warn him against trying to date her?
She's a redhead; he hates redheads
She is against Apartheid
Her father is the leader of the racist National Party
She attends an all girl's school that looks like a fortress
During Dabula Manzi's ritual, when he helped PK overcome his fears, PK had a vision. In the vision, he faced down his greatest fear. What did his fear take the form of?
An Elephant
A Lion
A Tiger
A Cobra
Why did the boxing training center get shut down?
It wasn't any good
blacks and whites were training together
boxing is dangerous
anonymous complaint
The South Afrikan Police raided PK's school for blacks because it violated Apartheid. Where was the school secretly meeting?
a parking lot
a church
a hospital
a soccer field
A myth was widely circulated stating that PK was the ___________, the one who brings peace to the tribes.
Rainmaker
Thirst Quencher
Superman
Mother Courage
The song that PK conducted during the prison concert mocked the guards using words from something Piet told PK. "They run this way, they run that way, they are confused, they are afraid, they are _________."
scared
frightened
cowards
weaklings
What war was going on at the time?
The Second Boer War
World War II
World War I
The Gulf War
