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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 Robert show the author after the author tracked him down in Cape Town?
(a) An old family photo album of Robert's past.
(b) A photo album tracking the author's career.
(c) A forged birth certificate accurately listing Robert as the author's father.
(d) A shiny new car.

2. Why does the author compare Patricia to a "guerilla fighter" (84)?
(a) She fought for what she believed in.
(b) She was too slow to catch him for a whooping so she had to get her attacks in on the fly.
(c) She was extremely proficient with improvised explosives.
(d) She disliked the great apes and, growing up, the author did not know the difference between a "guerilla fighter" and a "gorilla fighter."

3. What unusual career move did Patricia make in the early 1980s?
(a) She became a secretary.
(b) She became a housekeeper.
(c) She became a chiropractor.
(d) She started working in a factory.

4. Why did the author cry after he and Patricia retrieved Fufi?
(a) He cried because Fufi bit him.
(b) He cried because Fufi loved another boy.
(c) He cried because the other boy gave him a vicious cussing out.
(d) He cried because Patricia was so impatient with him.

5. How did Robert feel when Patricia asked him to impregnate her?
(a) He said he did not like Patricia at all.
(b) He said he did not want a family.
(c) He said he was not physically attracted to Patricia.
(d) He said he wanted to start a family right away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who threw the author from a moving vehicle when he was a young boy?

2. 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?

3. Who was the most consistent male figure in the author's life growing up?

4. What did the author do to get to know his father better after their reunion in Cape Town?

5. Why was Patricia allowed to stay on the farm at age nine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does the author describe the relationship between racism and language in the foreword to "Chameleon"?

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

10. 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?

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