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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. What does the name Nombuyiselo mean?
(a) "She who popped out of nowhere."
(b) "The Fixer."
(c) "She who gives back."
(d) "A builder of ships."

2. What did the author say he had learned about Robert after they spent the weekend together?
(a) He learned that Robert was wise.
(b) He learned that Robert was secretive.
(c) He learned that Robert was humble.
(d) He learned that Robert was a jerk.

3. Who was the most consistent male figure in the author's life growing up?
(a) His grandfather, Temperance.
(b) Nelson Mandela.
(c) His uncle, Dinky.
(d) His father, Robert.

4. At the end of the foreword to the story "Born a Crime," the author wrote that apartheid would be easy for occupants of which country to understand?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Costa Rica.
(c) England.
(d) America.

5. Which tribe does the author describe as "thinkers"?
(a) The Zulu.
(b) The Tswana.
(c) The Xhosa.
(d) The Sotho.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author believe about the dog Fufi before the vet looked at Fufi's corpse?

2. Which of the following is NOT a reason why the author lost touch with Robert when he was 13?

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

4. Why did people in Soweto use the author as a landmark for giving directions when he was young?

5. What did the vet reveal to the author about his dog, Fufi, after she died?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Trevor Noah yell at his mother after they ran from the mini-bus?

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

4. How did Patricia handle disputes with the author once he was too old to be tricked?

5. Why did Trevor Noah's mother push him out of a moving vehicle?

6. How did South African schools founded by British missionaries differ from Bantu schools founded by Afrikaners, according to the author?

7. How did Robert, the author's father, feel about apartheid?

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

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

10. What major historical event happened when Trevor Noah was 5 or 6 and was referred to as the "Bloodless Revolution"?

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