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

2. Why was the author surprised when Patricia insisted that he go see his father?

3. From what mental disorder did Temperance Noah suffer?

4. How does the author explain his remark that he and his mother "weren't just mother and son" (70)?

5. What nationality is listed on the author's birth certificate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the relationship between racism and language in the foreword to "Chameleon"?

2. Why did the author call his father "Robert" when he was a child?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Robert, the author's father, feel about apartheid?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At many different points throughout the collection "Born a Crime," Trevor Noah describes his family's fluctuating social and economic status. Write an essay analyzing the role that poverty and classism played in challenging and facilitating the author's understanding of himself as he grew up.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Child 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 child abuse and how it relates to other forms of violence depicted in the book.

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