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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 feel about his friend Zaheera?

2. What was the racial composition of Highlands North?

3. How did Teddy and the author respond when they were seen committing a crime?

4. How did poverty make it harder for the author to dress attractively during grade 9?

5. How did the author feel about Maylene before Valentine's Day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Patricia encourage the author to hang out with his cousin at the university?

2. Why does the author believe that regret is the thing that we should fear most?

3. Why did the author think it made sense for Mayelene to leave him and date Lorenzo instead?

4. What geographical explanation does the author give when he states that "it's physically impossible for [Alexandra] to change" (201)?

5. How multilingual is South Africa?

6. What aspect of Patricia's romantic advice did the author have the most trouble understanding?

7. How did Patricia respond when the author tried to tell Abel what happened under the mulberry tree?

8. What attribute of the author's aided him in his business fetching lunch for people but also prevented his romantic success?

9. Why was the author late to the dance?

10. How did the author get through to his cellmate whom he initially compared to the Hulk?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many cities are described within the collection "Born a Crime." Write an essay analyzing the author's descriptions of at least two cities. In your analysis, explain what the author's descriptions reveal about the economic and social conditions the two cities face and how these conditions manifested as features of the author's life.

Essay Topic 2

At many different points throughout the collection "Born a Crime," Trevor Noah describes the complications of his racial identity. Write an essay analyzing the role that race played in challenging and facilitating the author's understanding of himself as he grew up.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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