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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. How would Fufi escape the author's yard?
(a) She would crawl through a small tunnel.
(b) She would sneak through a broken gate.
(c) She would jump over the fence.
(d) She would beg and whine until passers by let her out.

2. Why does the author say he never felt poor when living alone with Patricia?
(a) Everyone around them was even poorer.
(b) Their lives were rich with experience.
(c) They were just grateful that apartheid was ending.
(d) They had lots of money.

3. What did Patricia do after discovering the fecal matter in the trashcan?
(a) She punished Trevor for making a mess.
(b) She called people over to pray to rid their house of demons.
(c) She took the trash out to the curb.
(d) She buried the fecal matter.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which tribe does the author describe as "warriors"?

2. Who did the author accuse of tricking his mother into going to church the day they were threatened in the minibus?

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

4. Why does the author think Santa Claus is unpopular in Africa?

5. The children of Soweto would yell out "indoda yomlungu!" whenever they passed the author. What does this phrase mean?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why did Frances Noah refuse to beat the author whenever the author misbehaved growing up?

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

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