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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what country did the author grow up?
(a) South Africa.
(b) North Africa.
(c) South America.
(d) Nigeria.

2. What did the vet reveal to the author about his dog, Fufi, after she died?
(a) Fufi died of natural causes.
(b) Fufi was actually a coyote.
(c) Fufi had been pregnant.
(d) Fufi was deaf.

3. What does the author say is impressive about the timing of his mother's decision to have him?
(a) She chose to have him even though it would have been very expensive at the time.
(b) She chose to have him even though she could still remember her mistreatment by the hands of her own family.
(c) She chose to have him at a time when the world's population was increasing.
(d) She chose to have him before she knew apartheid would end.

4. What reason did Patricia give when the author asked why they did not move to Switzerland?
(a) She did not want to leave South Africa.
(b) Switzerland refused to accept them.
(c) Switzerland would be even worse.
(d) She believed South Africa was too good for them.

5. What happened to the cats that Patricia adopted after moving to Eden Park?
(a) They were mutilated.
(b) They ran away.
(c) They got sick and had to be put down.
(d) They had too many kittens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality is listed on the author's birth certificate?

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

3. What did Patricia do when the author kept pestering her for toffee apples?

4. Who did the author forget was in the house when he defecated on the newspaper?

5. From what mental disorder did Temperance Noah suffer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the relationship between racism and language in the foreword to "Chameleon"?

2. What does the author say he has in common with the other children in Soweto during the story "Trevor, Pray"?

3. Why did the author call his father "Robert" when he was a child?

4. Why does Trevor Noah say the township of Soweto only has two roads leading in and out?

5. How did Patricia react when the author was punished for stealing the eucharist?

6. Why did Patricia believe that a demon was in her house?

7. Why does Trevor Noah say that he was "born a crime" (26)?

8. How did the young Trevor Noah explain the comparative length of black church services compared to white church services?

9. Why did Frances Noah refuse to beat the author whenever the author misbehaved growing up?

10. How was it possible for Robert to open an integrated restaurant during apartheid?

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