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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 shopkeeper in the story "Chameleon" respond when Patricia proved she could understand Afrikaans?
2. Why was the author afraid to pray for God to kill the thing that left feces in his grandmother's house?
3. Why does the author compare Patricia to a "guerilla fighter" (84)?
4. What did the author do to get to know his father better after their reunion in Cape Town?
5. What was unusual about the steakhouse that Robert opened?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who did the author credit with keeping communities together in Soweto during apartheid?
2. Why were Japanese people classified as being white under apartheid?
3. What did the author realize about his racial identity after he started attending H. A. Jack Primary?
4. What did the author discover about Fufi when he was home alone for the holidays?
5. Why does Trevor Noah say the township of Soweto only has two roads leading in and out?
6. Why did Patricia believe that a demon was in her house?
7. Why did the author call his father "Robert" when he was a child?
8. Why did Trevor Noah yell at his mother after they ran from the mini-bus?
9. How does the author describe the prevalence of traditional South African beliefs in the foreword to the story, "Trevor, Pray"?
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
The South African government oppressed its people racially, and the collection "Born a Crime" goes into great detail about how this manifested economically. Write an essay analyzing the relationship between race and economic class as depicted by the author.
Essay Topic 2
Spousal abuse 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 domestic violence and how domestic violence relates to other forms of violence depicted in the book.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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