BaC Ch. 1-2 Quiz

How would you describe the relationship between Trevor Noah and his mom in Chapter 1 of Born a Crime?

• They have a formal and disciplined relationship

• They have a distant and strained relationship

• They have a playful and argumentative relationship

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What does the last paragraph of the chapter reveal about Trevor and his mother's relationship?

• They have a hostile and resentful relationship

• They have a deep understanding and respect for each other

• They have a complicated and unpredictable relationship

• They have a distant and disconnected relationship

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

Trevor Noah writes that his mother pushed him out of a moving car because

• She wanted to teach him a lesson

• She made a mistake

• She was angry at him

• She was trying to protect him

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why doesn't Trevor understand his mother's instructions to jump out of the minibus?

• He is asleep

• He doesn't want to leave the minibus

• He doesn't trust his mother's judgment

Define the word "unjust."

• Not fair

• Not helpful

• Not making sense

• Cannot stay the same over time

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Define the word "unsustainable."

• Cannot be trusted

• Not helpful

• Not kind

• Not able to stay the same over time

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Define the word "incoherent."

• Unhelpful or useless to others

• Unclear/does not make sense

• Unable to last for very long

• Unkind

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

How did apartheid laws affect Trevor's life as a young child?

• He couldn't leave the country.

• He couldn't attend school.

• He couldn't speak his native language.

• He couldn't be with his parents in public.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which of the following was a challenge for Trevor as a child?

• His father thought he was ugly because of his skin color.

• He could not play with his cousins outside in Soweto.

• He was raised by a woman who was not his mother.

• He was arrested by the police many times.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Trevor's story is different from that of other mixed South Africans because

• He was born during apartheid.

• He had to stay in South Africa.

• He grew up in exile.

• He lived in an illegal flat.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7