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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 Patricia do after discovering the fecal matter in the trashcan?

2. Where did Patricia move at age nine?

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

4. How did the author react as a child when children in the neighborhood called him white?

5. What did Patricia do when the author kept pestering her for toffee apples?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Patricia react when the author was punished for stealing the eucharist?

4. What does the author say he has in common with the other children in Soweto during the story "Trevor, Pray"?

5. How did Robert, the author's father, feel about apartheid?

6. Where did the Afrikaners find inspiration when designing the apartheid system?

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

8. What reasons does the author give for saying it was a "lie" (64) that the tribal homelands of South Africa were a place where native South Africans could be free?

9. What did the author realize about his racial identity after he started attending H. A. Jack Primary?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many cities are described within the collection "Born a Crime." Write an essay analyzing the author's descriptions of at least two cities. In your analysis, explain what the author's descriptions reveal about the economic and social conditions the two cities face and how these conditions manifested as features of the author's life.

Essay Topic 2

Police brutality 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 police brutality and how it relates to other forms of violence depicted in the book.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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