Born a Crime Quiz | Two 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 | Two 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 "The Mulberry Tree" - "Outsider".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author find inappropriate about the relationship advice Patricia gave him when he was a child?
(a) He thought that Patricia's advice was suited to adult relationships rather than children's relationships.
(b) He thought Patricia's advice was too religious.
(c) He thought Patricia's advice was heteronormative.
(d) He thought Patricia's advice was naive.

2. Why does the author compare Patricia to a "guerilla fighter" (84)?
(a) She was too slow to catch him for a whooping so she had to get her attacks in on the fly.
(b) She fought for what she believed in.
(c) She was extremely proficient with improvised explosives.
(d) She disliked the great apes and, growing up, the author did not know the difference between a "guerilla fighter" and a "gorilla fighter."

3. How did Robert feel when Patricia asked him to impregnate her?
(a) He said he was not physically attracted to Patricia.
(b) He said he did not want a family.
(c) He said he wanted to start a family right away.
(d) He said he did not like Patricia at all.

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

5. Why did the author have trouble fitting in with his black classmates at Sandingham?
(a) Their parents forbade them from hanging out with him.
(b) They remembered his destructive antics in Soweto.
(c) They refused to associate with someone who was light-skinned.
(d) They all lived far away and his mother would never buy the petrol to take him to their homes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Patricia handle "major disputes" (84) with the author?

2. Why was the author unable to play with his cousins when he was very young?

3. Why was Patricia allowed to stay on the farm at age nine?

4. Who did the author accuse of tricking his mother into going to church the day they were threatened in the minibus?

5. To what does the author compare Patricia when he describes her skill for maximizing petrol?

(see the answer key)

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