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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. What convinced the author that it would be best to bide his time before revealing his crush?
3. What was the "pencil test" that the government administered to some colored people in South Africa?
4. What did the author find inappropriate about the relationship advice Patricia gave him when he was a child?
5. What happened when the author dropped Babiki off at her house?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author explain the abundance of South Africans with names for controversial historical figures like "Napoleon," "Mussolini," and "Hitler"?
2. How does the author describe the relationship between regular people and criminals in Alexandra?
3. What did the author realize when Abel beat up the ringleader from the incident under the mulberry tree?
4. Why was the author late to the dance?
5. Why does the author claim that the "colored people" of modern South Africa are in some ways worse off than the black people of South Africa?
6. Why did the author think it made sense for Mayelene to leave him and date Lorenzo instead?
7. How multilingual is South Africa?
8. What was the purpose of the event where the author and his crew got in trouble for chanting Hitler's name?
9. How does the author describe his early thoughts about his victims when he starts a life of crime in the story "The Cheese Boys"?
10. How was the author able to pose as an American rapper for the talent show in Hammanskraal?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
According to the collection "Born a Crime," many languages are spoken in South Africa and Trevor Noah benefitted from knowing several of them growing up. Write an essay explaining the role that language plays in both creating and resolving conflicts through one or more stories in the collection.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
According to the collection "Born a Crime," food was a major indicator of the quality of Trevor Noah's life growing up. Write an essay analyzing how the author depicts and describes his diet at various points in his life, explaining how it relates to freedom, prosperity and the lack thereof.
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