Born a Crime Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Trevor Noah
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Born a Crime Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Trevor Noah
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Fufi" - "Robert".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would Fufi escape the author's yard?
(a) She would sneak through a broken gate.
(b) She would beg and whine until passers by let her out.
(c) She would jump over the fence.
(d) She would crawl through a small tunnel.

2. What does the author say is impressive about the timing of his mother's decision to have him?
(a) She chose to have him even though she could still remember her mistreatment by the hands of her own family.
(b) She chose to have him before she knew apartheid would end.
(c) She chose to have him even though it would have been very expensive at the time.
(d) She chose to have him at a time when the world's population was increasing.

3. Which of the following is NOT a reason why the author lost touch with Robert when he was 13?
(a) Robert alienated him by sharing a dark secret.
(b) Patricia's husband, Abel, did not want Robert around.
(c) The author was a teenager and was distracted by video games and computers.
(d) Robert had moved to Cape Town.

4. In the foreword to the story "Fufi," how does the author explain his observation that most black people in Africa dislike cats?
(a) Cats are associated with witchcraft.
(b) Cats are annoying.
(c) Cats carry disease.
(d) The author explains that distaste for cats is actually an ugly stereotype that does not match his observations.

5. Why did people in Soweto use the author as a landmark for giving directions when he was young?
(a) He was famous for his work on The Daily Show.
(b) His house had an unusual shape.
(c) He was always singing very loudly so you could always tell where he was.
(d) He was the only light-skinned person in the area.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Frances Noah refuse to beat the author when the author was a little boy?

2. Why does the author compare Patricia to a "guerilla fighter" (84)?

3. How did arguments between the author and his mother change after the author turned eight?

4. Which of the following is NOT a language that Patricia taught to the author?

5. What answer did Patricia give when the author asked her why she chose to give birth to him?

(see the answer key)

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