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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. When was the Immorality Act passed?

2. In what country did the author grow up?

3. How did the author react as a child when children in the neighborhood called him white?

4. Why was the author not allowed to eat food when visiting Temperance Noah's second family?

5. When does the author believe that a person is most themselves, according to the story "Pray, Trevor"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Patricia handle disputes with the author once he was too old to be tricked?

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

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

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

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

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

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 Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah name her son "Trevor"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In several passages within the collection "Born a Crime," Trevor Noah describes the role that American media played in his life growing up. Write an essay analyzing the author's use of allusions to American media and what they reveal about the author's perspective towards the events of his life.

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

According to the collection "Born a Crime," many languages are spoken in South Africa and Trevor Noah benefitted from knowing several of them growing up. Write an essay explaining the role that language plays in both creating and resolving conflicts through one or more stories in the collection.

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