Born a Crime Chapter 2

How did Patricia rebel against expectations of black women in South African work force?

• She became a maid.

• She worked in a factory.

• She became a secretary.

• She became an actress.

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Trevor didn't know until he was a teenager that other mixed kids his age left South Africa when they were young and only returned when Nelson Mandela became president.

• True

• False

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Trevor states that a mixed race child is known as ----- in South Africa.

• black

• white

• mixed

• colored

Whom did the Afrikaners descend from?

• Zulu

• Dutch

• Xhosa

• Italian

How was Trevor "born a crime" in South Africa?

• His parents' union was against apartheid rules.

• His parents left the hospital without paying the hospital bill.

• He was born to an unmarried woman.

• His parents had not asked the government for permission to have a child.

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How did Patricia break the law in downtown Johannesburg?

• She never paid to park at public meters.

• She didn't break the law, she was falsely accused.

• She secretly lived there.

• She didn't pay taxes.

What action was taken to protect Trevor as a child?

• Family kept him indoor most of the time.

• He could play only with his relatives.

• He had to wear a mask.

• He had a fake ID.

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In which areas are Trevor's parents very different from each other?

• race

• personality

• age

• A, B, and C

• A and C only.

Patricia did not put Trevor's real father's name on his birth certificate.

• True

• False

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Trevor was never told who his real father was in order to protect Trevor.

• True

• False

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