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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What made the author "realize [he] was black" (59)?
2. What unusual career move did Patricia make in the early 1980s?
3. Who did the author forget was in the house when he defecated on the newspaper?
4. What does the name Nombuyiselo mean?
5. To what was Patricia referring when she spoke of "the black tax" (66)?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe the prevalence of traditional South African beliefs in the foreword to the story, "Trevor, Pray"?
2. What does a veterinarian reveal to the author about his dog, Fufi, after her death?
3. Why did Patricia believe that a demon was in her house?
4. 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?
5. What does the author say he has in common with the other children in Soweto during the story "Trevor, Pray"?
6. Why did the author have trouble learning more about Robert after their reunion?
7. Why did Trevor Noah yell at his mother after they ran from the mini-bus?
8. How did the young Trevor Noah explain the comparative length of black church services compared to white church services?
9. Why were Japanese people classified as being white under apartheid?
10. What major historical event happened when Trevor Noah was 5 or 6 and was referred to as the "Bloodless Revolution"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At many different points throughout the collection "Born a Crime," Trevor Noah describes the complications of his racial identity. Write an essay analyzing the role that race played in challenging and facilitating the author's understanding of himself as he grew up.
Essay Topic 2
Faith was a major source of disagreement between Trevor Noah and his mother according to the collection "Born a Crime." Write an essay analyzing both individuals' perspectives on religion and explain how these differences of opinion inform their behavior within the text.
Essay Topic 3
In several passages within the collection "Born a Crime," Trevor Noah describes the theories and practices the South African government used to enforce its racial politics. Write an essay analyzing how the author depicts the South African government's construction of racism to reveal its inner contradictions.
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