Born a Crime Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Trevor Noah
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 174 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Born a Crime Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Trevor Noah
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 174 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Go Hitler!" - "The Cheese Boys".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the author have trouble fitting in with his colored classmates at Sandingham?
(a) They would bully him for being too black.
(b) They spent all their free time doing expensive things.
(c) They would bully him for being too white.
(d) They all lived far away.

2. How did the author respond when he found out that he could not take communion because he was not Catholic?
(a) He apologized for the misunderstanding.
(b) He called the owners of the school racist.
(c) He asked if Jesus, being Jewish, would also be denied the right of communion.
(d) He converted to Catholicism.

3. What happened when the author tried to show his friend how to burn his name into pieces of wood?
(a) They accidentally burned down the author's friend's house.
(b) The author and his friend started a moderately successful wood furnishing business.
(c) They wrote their names in the side of the house and got in trouble.
(d) His friend wrote a bad word and blamed it on the author.

4. How did the author make money when he first graduated from high school?
(a) He became a waiter.
(b) He became a professional stand up comedian.
(c) He became a minibus driver.
(d) He became a professional DJ.

5. What does the author suspect of his friend from Alexandra who lost his retail job?
(a) He suspected his friend had an even better job lined up next.
(b) He suspected his friend was a murderer.
(c) He suspected his friend never got a job to begin with.
(d) He suspected his friend lost the job on purpose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author compare Patricia to a "guerilla fighter" (84)?

2. What tribe was native to South Africa when it was first colonized by Europeans?

3. What element of American culture does the author equate with freedom in the story, "Go Hitler!"?

4. What were Model C Schools?

5. How did the author view the "destructive" (79) antics from his youth?

(see the answer key)

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