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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 crime did the author's parents commit when they had him?

2. Where did Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko go to school?

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

4. How did the author view the "destructive" (79) antics from his youth?

5. What did the author believe about the dog Fufi before the vet looked at Fufi's corpse?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Where did the Afrikaners find inspiration when designing the apartheid system?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many traumatic events transpire throughout the collection "Born a Crime," yet Trevor Noah maintains a comedic tone. Write an essay analyzing a comedic technique the author uses in the book and describe how the book's comedic tone relates to the author's philosophy towards life and suffering.

Essay Topic 2

Police brutality is one the many forms of violence that are depicted in the collection "Born a Crime." Write an essay analyzing the author's rhetoric and attitudes concerning police brutality and how it relates to other forms of violence depicted in the book.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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