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

2. Who taught Patricia how to navigate Johannesburg without being deported to the Bantustans?
(a) Mini-bus drivers.
(b) Police.
(c) Food vendors.
(d) Prostitutes.

3. Who did the author accuse of tricking his mother into going to church the day they were threatened in the minibus?
(a) He claimed that the pastor tricked his mother.
(b) He accused the Devil.
(c) He accused God.
(d) Trevor claimed that he tricked her himself.

4. How did the author respond when another boy claimed that Fufi was his dog?
(a) He pretended to let the boy keep Fufi, then kidnapped her under cover of night.
(b) He negotiated shared custody of the dog.
(c) He allowed the boy to keep Fufi full-time.
(d) He cussed the kid out.

5. Why was the author unable to call his father "dad" growing up?
(a) It would reveal that his father had slept with a black woman.
(b) The author had a speech impediment and could not pronounce the word "dad."
(c) His dad did not want a child cramping his style.
(d) The author never met his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the cats that Patricia adopted after moving to Eden Park?

2. On what does the author blame most of the things that have gone wrong in his life?

3. Which of the following is NOT a language that Patricia taught to the author?

4. What made the author "realize [he] was black" (59)?

5. What does the author say is impressive about the timing of his mother's decision to have him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Trevor Noah say the township of Soweto only has two roads leading in and out?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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