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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. Which of the following is NOT a language that Patricia taught to the author?
(a) Xhosa.
(b) Tsonga.
(c) English.
(d) Afrikaans.

2. Why was the author not allowed to eat food when visiting Temperance Noah's second family?
(a) Temperance's second family was full of bad cooks.
(b) Patricia was worried that Temperance's second family would try to poison them.
(c) Temperance's second family was too poor to buy food.
(d) Patricia wanted to show off her own cooking skills instead.

3. How did the shopkeeper in the story "Chameleon" respond when Patricia proved she could understand Afrikaans?
(a) He apologized for racially profiling her.
(b) He insisted he never said anything inappropriate.
(c) He began speaking a language she could not understand.
(d) He insulted her pronunciation.

4. How did the author first endear himself to the black students at H. A. Jack Primary?
(a) He pulled a prank on a white teacher.
(b) He demonstrated that he could speak their native languages.
(c) He bought them new Transformers toys.
(d) He showed off his skills at speaking English and Afrikaans.

5. What answer did Patricia give when the author asked her why she chose to give birth to him?
(a) She had him by accident.
(b) She had him to spite the apartheid regime.
(c) She wanted someone that would love her whom she could love in return.
(d) She had him out of love for his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Patricia do after discovering the fecal matter in the trashcan?

2. Who did the author forget was in the house when he defecated on the newspaper?

3. How did the author react as a child when children in the neighborhood called him white?

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

5. What reason did Patricia give when the author asked why they did not move to Switzerland?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why did Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah name her son "Trevor"?

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