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 Alexandra remain standing while other "black ghettoes" (201) were razed?
(a) The white people allowed Alexandra to remain standing as an act of charity.
(b) Alexandra was on a piece of holy ground that white people chose to respect.
(c) The residents of Alexandra fought off the white suburbanites.
(d) The land in Alexandra had been sold to black tenants before doing so was made illegal.

2. How did Abel respond when the author told him what happened under the mulberry tree?
(a) He hunted down the boys who beat the author and he beat up their ring leader.
(b) He bought the author a new toy to cheer him up.
(c) He laughed at the author.
(d) He told the author to go defend himself.

3. What happened between the author and the pack of colored boys under the mulberry tree in Eden Park?
(a) They shared their berries with him.
(b) They ate his berries right in front of him.
(c) They made him help them burn down the tree.
(d) They called him "Bushman" and pelted him with berries.

4. In the foreword to "Go Hitler!," the author says that the historical education offered in South Africa is similar to what other country?
(a) America.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) Australia.

5. Why could the author not ask Maylene out right away for Valentine's Day?
(a) He was afraid of her boyfriend.
(b) He had to learn how to speak her native tongue.
(c) He had to relay the message through her friends first.
(d) He wanted to ask in the form of a poem and had trouble rhyming with "Maylene."

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the unemployment rate in South Africa after apartheid?

2. What was the name of the best dancer on the author's crew?

3. Why did the author have trouble fitting in with his colored classmates at Sandingham?

4. What advice did Patricia give the author about prioritizing between his wife and mother?

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

(see the answer key)

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