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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. How did the author view the "destructive" (79) antics from his youth?
(a) He was not destructive at all, he just got a bad rap because of his racial identity.
(b) He was creating chaos to see how people reacted.
(c) He had an insatiable desire to see the world burn.
(d) He wanted vengeance on those that wronged him.

2. What did the author do to get to know his father better after their reunion in Cape Town?
(a) He hired a private investigator.
(b) He had him fill out a questionnaire.
(c) He spied on him.
(d) He interviewed him.

3. What made the author "realize [he] was black" (59)?
(a) Going to an elite private school where students were socially integrated.
(b) Going to H. A. Jack Primary.
(c) Failing to get along with his white father.
(d) Seeing his mother write "black" on a government census.

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 the kids in the B classes would hold him back.
(b) She warned him that the B classes were too full.
(c) She warned him that he was not smart enough for the B classes.
(d) She warned him that the kids in the B classes would beat him up.

5. What did Patricia do when the author kept pestering her for toffee apples?
(a) She pretended to have never see him before.
(b) She bought him a toffee apple.
(c) She beat him.
(d) She called the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What diagnosis did the school psychologists give the author after he laughed while being corporally punished?

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

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

4. What does the name Nombuyiselo mean?

5. How does the author explain his remark that he and his mother "weren't just mother and son" (70)?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the author, why are black people in South Africa suspicious of cats?

2. What did the author realize about his racial identity after he started attending H. A. Jack Primary?

3. Why were Japanese people classified as being white under apartheid?

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

5. Where did the Afrikaners find inspiration when designing the apartheid system?

6. What reasons does the author give for saying it was a "lie" (64) that the tribal homelands of South Africa were a place where native South Africans could be free?

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

8. How does the author describe the prevalence of traditional South African beliefs in the foreword to the story, "Trevor, Pray"?

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

10. Who did the author credit with keeping communities together in Soweto during apartheid?

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