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

2. How does the author explain his remark that he and his mother "weren't just mother and son" (70)?
(a) "We never got along at all."
(b) "I was like her savior."
(c) "We were a team."
(d) "She was like my boss."

3. Why did the author think it was ironic when a black security guard was convicted of animal abuse for killing a cat on live TV?
(a) White people were horrified by the animal abuse yet were silent about violence against black humans during apartheid.
(b) The author believes cats would do much worse things to humans if they were in charge instead.
(c) The security guard came from a long line of cat breeders.
(d) Traditionally, security guards in South Africa keep cats as helpers.

4. What happened to the cats that Patricia adopted after moving to Eden Park?
(a) They were mutilated.
(b) They had too many kittens.
(c) They got sick and had to be put down.
(d) They ran away.

5. Where did Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko go to school?
(a) Schools founded by British missionaries.
(b) They did not go to school.
(c) They went to school over seas.
(d) Government-run Bantu schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the author surprised when Patricia insisted that he go see his father?

2. What nationality is listed on the author's birth certificate?

3. From what mental disorder did Temperance Noah suffer?

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

5. Why was the author unable to call his father "dad" growing up?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does a veterinarian reveal to the author about his dog, Fufi, after her death?

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

4. What did the author discover about Fufi when he was home alone for the holidays?

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

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

7. How did the young Trevor Noah explain the comparative length of black church services compared to white church services?

8. Why did Patricia believe that a demon was in her house?

9. What does the author say he has in common with the other children in Soweto during the story "Trevor, Pray"?

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

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