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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Patricia move at age nine?
(a) She moved in with her aunt.
(b) She moved in with her father.
(c) She moved in with her mother.
(d) She ran away from her family entirely.

2. How did arguments between the author and his mother change after the author turned eight?
(a) They started arguing about more mature topics.
(b) They stopped arguing altogether.
(c) They began to argue in writing instead of in person.
(d) Their arguments became nastier and more personal.

3. When does the author believe that a person is most themselves, according to the story "Pray, Trevor"?
(a) When looking into the eyes of a loved one.
(b) When working.
(c) When suffering.
(d) When defecating.

4. Where did Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko go to school?
(a) Government-run Bantu schools.
(b) They did not go to school.
(c) Schools founded by British missionaries.
(d) They went to school over seas.

5. What was the only part of a person's home that could not be improved in Soweto?
(a) The ceiling.
(b) The driveway.
(c) The walls.
(d) The bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the author forget was in the house when he defecated on the newspaper?

2. Which church does the author describe as "passionate" and "cathartic"?

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

4. What predominately Zulu political group violently opposed the African National Congress after the end of apartheid?

5. Who threw the author from a moving vehicle when he was a young boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did South African schools founded by British missionaries differ from Bantu schools founded by Afrikaners, according to the author?

2. Why did the author have trouble learning more about Robert after their reunion?

3. Why does Trevor Noah say the township of Soweto only has two roads leading in and out?

4. Why does Trevor Noah say that he was "born a crime" (26)?

5. How does the author describe the prevalence of traditional South African beliefs in the foreword to the story, "Trevor, Pray"?

6. Why were Japanese people classified as being white under apartheid?

7. Who did the author credit with keeping communities together in Soweto during apartheid?

8. Why did Patricia believe that a demon was in her house?

9. What does a veterinarian reveal to the author about his dog, Fufi, after her death?

10. How was it possible for Robert to open an integrated restaurant during apartheid?

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