Born a Crime Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Trevor Noah
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Born a Crime Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Trevor Noah
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Second Girl" - "Loopholes".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 like Patricia at all.
(c) He said he wanted to start a family right away.
(d) He said he did not want a family.

2. Which racial group was most common in Soweto, according to the author?
(a) Soweto was fully integrated.
(b) Black people.
(c) White people.
(d) Indian people.

3. To what was Patricia referring when she spoke of "the black tax" (66)?
(a) The tendency of white employers to illegally steal the wages of black employees during apartheid.
(b) The need to spend one's working life making up for that which was pillaged from one's ancestors.
(c) A special tax Afrikaners had to pay after apartheid to provide reparations to black people.
(d) An official government tax paid only by black people.

4. What did the school counselor warn the author about when he asked to transition into the B classes at H. A. Jack Primary?
(a) She warned him that he was not smart enough for the B classes.
(b) She warned him that the kids in the B classes would beat him up.
(c) She warned him that the B classes were too full.
(d) She warned him the kids in the B classes would hold him back.

5. 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 would be even worse.
(c) She believed South Africa was too good for them.
(d) Switzerland refused to accept them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does the author believe that a person is most themselves, according to the story "Pray, Trevor"?

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

4. From what mental disorder did Temperance Noah suffer?

5. Where did Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko go to school?

(see the answer key)

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