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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 kind of persona did the author project while he was in jail?

2. Why did the author choose not to tell his parents that he had been arrested?

3. In the foreword to "Go Hitler!," the author says that the historical education offered in South Africa is similar to what other country?

4. How did the author first respond in his trial when he thought the judge asked him how he was?

5. According to the author, what did crime do that the government would not do in Alexandra, South Africa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Patricia tell the security guard to do when he reported the author for shop-lifting at the age of ten?

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

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

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

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

6. Why was the author late to the dance?

7. What niche did the author find at Sandingham high school during lunch time?

8. How does the author explain the abundance of South Africans with names for controversial historical figures like "Napoleon," "Mussolini," and "Hitler"?

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

10. How multilingual is South Africa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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.

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