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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 could the author not ask Maylene out right away for Valentine's Day?
2. What did Babiki refuse to do once she and the author arrived at the dance?
3. Why did the police officer help the author secure legal counsel?
4. What did the girls in the author's grade want him to do for Valentine's Day?
5. What did the author and Mayelene have in common?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author explain Patricia's ability to buy a house in Highlands North?
2. What geographical explanation does the author give when he states that "it's physically impossible for [Alexandra] to change" (201)?
3. What attribute of the author's aided him in his business fetching lunch for people but also prevented his romantic success?
4. What did Patricia tell the security guard to do when he reported the author for shop-lifting at the age of ten?
5. How does the author explain the abundance of South Africans with names for controversial historical figures like "Napoleon," "Mussolini," and "Hitler"?
6. 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?
7. What niche did the author find at Sandingham high school during lunch time?
8. What did the author realize when Abel beat up the ringleader from the incident under the mulberry tree?
9. Why did Patricia encourage the author to hang out with his cousin at the university?
10. According to the foreword of the story "Outsider," what was the most embarrassing part of the author's life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
According to the collection "Born a Crime," crime was a significant component of Trevor Noah's life. Write an essay analyzing the role that crime played in guiding the author's identity and what self-realizations crime led him to.
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