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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 girls in the author's grade want him to do for Valentine's Day?

2. What element of American culture does the author equate with freedom in the story, "Go Hitler!"?

3. How does the author describe his dating life when he was in grade 9 at Sandingham?

4. Why did the author play alone under the Mulberry tree when he was in Eden Park?

5. How did the author supplement his income during grade 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to the foreword of the story "Outsider," what was the most embarrassing part of the author's life?

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

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

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

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

7. How was the author able to pose as an American rapper for the talent show in Hammanskraal?

8. 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?

9. How multilingual is South Africa?

10. Why was the author late to the dance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Many traumatic events transpire throughout the collection "Born a Crime," yet Trevor Noah maintains a comedic tone. Write an essay analyzing a comedic technique the author uses in the book and describe how the book's comedic tone relates to the author's philosophy towards life and suffering.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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