Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
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's mother save him from the threatening men on the mini-bus?
2. Why does the author think Santa Claus is unpopular in Africa?
3. How did arguments between the author and his mother change after the author turned eight?
4. Why was the author unable to play with his cousins when he was very young?
5. At the end of the foreword to the story "Born a Crime," the author wrote that apartheid would be easy for occupants of which country to understand?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who did the author credit with keeping communities together in Soweto during apartheid?
2. How did the young Trevor Noah explain the comparative length of black church services compared to white church services?
3. Why did Patricia believe that a demon was in her house?
4. Why did the author have trouble learning more about Robert after their reunion?
5. According to the author, why are black people in South Africa suspicious of cats?
6. Why does Trevor Noah say that he was "born a crime" (26)?
7. Why did Trevor Noah yell at his mother after they ran from the mini-bus?
8. How did Patricia react when the author was punished for stealing the eucharist?
9. Why did Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah name her son "Trevor"?
10. Why did the author call his father "Robert" when he was a child?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
According to the collection "Born a Crime," crime was a significant component of Trevor Noah's life. Write an essay analyzing the role that crime played in guiding the author's identity and what self-realizations crime led him to.
Essay Topic 2
At several points in the collection "Born a Crime," Trevor Noah describes the fraught circumstances of his dating life. Write an essay analyzing the author's anecdotes surrounding romance and what they reveal about his philosophy towards love and relationships.
Essay Topic 3
The collection "Born a Crime" portrays several moments in Trevor Noah's life where he participated in or witnessed interactions between people from different cultures. Write an essay analyzing one such moment. Explain how the author depicts and describes the difference in each culture's perspective and what insights he gleaned from the encounter.
|
This section contains 723 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
