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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 did the extremely muscular Tsona-speaking man do to end up in jail?

2. Why did the author have trouble fitting in with his colored classmates at Sandingham?

3. What happened after the author asked Maylene out during their walk home together?

4. What happened before the author could ask Zaheera out?

5. Why did the police officer help the author secure legal counsel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the author feel regret regarding his friend Zaheera?

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

3. Why could none of the police recognize the author in the security footage?

4. Why did the girls in the author's grade at H. A. Jack Primary think that he and Maylene would be perfect for each other?

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

6. How multilingual is South Africa?

7. Why did Abel initially agree to loan the author his BMW?

8. How was the author eventually able to make friends at Highlands North?

9. What did the author realize when Abel beat up the ringleader from the incident under the mulberry tree?

10. What was the purpose of the event where the author and his crew got in trouble for chanting Hitler's name?

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

Faith was a major source of disagreement between Trevor Noah and his mother according to the collection "Born a Crime." Write an essay analyzing both individuals' perspectives on religion and explain how these differences of opinion inform their behavior within the text.

Essay Topic 3

In several passages within the collection "Born a Crime," Trevor Noah describes the role that American media played in his life growing up. Write an essay analyzing the author's use of allusions to American media and what they reveal about the author's perspective towards the events of his life.

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