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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. With whom did Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah want the author to hang out instead of his friends from Alexandra?
2. According to the author, which culture do the "colored people" of modern South Africa have the strongest link to?
3. What tribe was native to South Africa when it was first colonized by Europeans?
4. What physical condition does the author claim made him less attractive during grade 9?
5. How did the author feel about Maylene before Valentine's Day?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the author realize when Abel beat up the ringleader from the incident under the mulberry tree?
2. How does the author explain the abundance of South Africans with names for controversial historical figures like "Napoleon," "Mussolini," and "Hitler"?
3. 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?
4. Which racial group accepted the author as soon as he enrolled in Sandingham High School?
5. How does the author describe his early thoughts about his victims when he starts a life of crime in the story "The Cheese Boys"?
6. What difference does the author see between German education around the Holocaust and South African education around apartheid?
7. What geographical explanation does the author give when he states that "it's physically impossible for [Alexandra] to change" (201)?
8. How was the author able to pose as an American rapper for the talent show in Hammanskraal?
9. Why did the author feel regret regarding his friend Zaheera?
10. Why does the author believe that regret is the thing that we should fear most?
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
At many points in the collection "Born a Crime," Trevor Noah draws links between the racial politics of South Africa and America. Write an essay analyzing the similarities and differences that the author describes between the two countries and assess the author's purpose for drawing these comparisons.
Essay Topic 3
According to the collection "Born a Crime," Trevor Noah and his mother, Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah, loved each other deeply, yet argued frequently. Write an essay analyzing the author's descriptions and rhetoric surrounding disagreements between himself and his mother, explaining how the author uses conflict as a device to reveal their emotional bond.
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