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

2. According to the author, how do black people treat dogs in South Africa?

3. What diagnosis did the school psychologists give the author after he laughed while being corporally punished?

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

5. What answer did Patricia give when the author asked her why she chose to give birth to him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did South African schools founded by British missionaries differ from Bantu schools founded by Afrikaners, according to the author?

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

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

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

8. What major historical event happened when Trevor Noah was 5 or 6 and was referred to as the "Bloodless Revolution"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to the collection "Born a Crime," food was a major indicator of the quality of Trevor Noah's life growing up. Write an essay analyzing how the author depicts and describes his diet at various points in his life, explaining how it relates to freedom, prosperity and the lack thereof.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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