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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Trevor, Pray" - "Chameleon".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author indicate would probably happen if a black man had sex with a white woman under the apartheid system?
(a) The white woman would probably be charged with rape.
(b) The police would probably let them off with a warning.
(c) The police would not care at all.
(d) The black man would probably be charged with rape.

2. From what mental disorder did Temperance Noah suffer?
(a) Obsessive Compulsive Disordr.
(b) Bipolar disorder.
(c) Depression.
(d) Schizophrenia.

3. Who taught Patricia how to navigate Johannesburg without being deported to the Bantustans?
(a) Prostitutes.
(b) Food vendors.
(c) Mini-bus drivers.
(d) Police.

4. To what did Patricia attribute the fecal matter she discovered in her wastepaper basket?
(a) A demon.
(b) Temperance.
(c) A cat.
(d) Trevor.

5. At the end of the foreword to the story "Born a Crime," the author wrote that apartheid would be easy for occupants of which country to understand?
(a) England.
(b) Costa Rica.
(c) Nigeria.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the only member of the author's family who was willing to use corporal punishment on him?

2. How did the author's mother save him from the threatening men on the mini-bus?

3. What did Patricia do after discovering the fecal matter in the trashcan?

4. What predominately Zulu political group violently opposed the African National Congress after the end of apartheid?

5. Which racial group was most common in Soweto, according to the author?

(see the answer key)

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