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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 did the vet reveal to the author about his dog, Fufi, after she died?
(a) Fufi was actually a coyote.
(b) Fufi had been pregnant.
(c) Fufi died of natural causes.
(d) Fufi was deaf.

2. 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."

3. Why was the author surprised when Patricia insisted that he go see his father?
(a) The author and his father had not spoken in ten years and the author assumed they would never speak again.
(b) Patricia hated the author's father.
(c) The author thought his father was dead.
(d) The author did not know who his father was.

4. When was the Immorality Act passed?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1877.
(d) 1827.

5. Who did the author forget was in the house when he defecated on the newspaper?
(a) Temperance.
(b) Nombuyiselo.
(c) Frances.
(d) Koko.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did arguments between the author and his mother change after the author turned eight?

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

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

4. Where did Patricia move at age nine?

5. Which church does the author describe as "passionate" and "cathartic"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Patricia react when the author was punished for stealing the eucharist?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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