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

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) "She was like my boss."
(c) "We were a team."
(d) "I was like her savior."

3. How did the author react as a child when children in the neighborhood called him white?
(a) He was worried.
(b) He thought they had their colors confused.
(c) He thought they were racists.
(d) He was proud.

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

5. What was unusual about the steakhouse that Robert opened?
(a) It put on a talent show where the author performed every night.
(b) They served zebra steaks.
(c) It only served Indian people.
(d) It was racially integrated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the author afraid to pray for God to kill the thing that left feces in his grandmother's house?

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

3. How did the shopkeeper in the story "Chameleon" respond when Patricia proved she could understand Afrikaans?

4. What did Robert show the author after the author tracked him down in Cape Town?

5. What did the school counselor warn the author about when he asked to transition into the B classes at H. A. Jack Primary?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did the author have trouble learning more about Robert after their reunion?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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