Born a Crime Study Guide 1-4

What does apartheid mean?

• segregation

• being together

• community

• religion

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According to South African law, Trevor Noah is _________.

• Black

• White

• Colored (which meant mixed race in South Africa)

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According to himself, Trevor Noah is _________.

• Black

• White

• Colored (which meant mixed race in South Africa)

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Match the following

• homelands for native South Africans

• Nelson Mandela

• Africans fighting against segregation

• Apartheid

• president who pardoned African activists

• F.W. de Klerk

• policy of racial discrimination

• Bantustans

• first black president of South Africa

• ANC

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How many churches did Trevor Noah and his family attend on Sundays?

• 1

• 3

• 6

• none

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How did they get to church after their car broke down?

• a minibus

• they walked

• a motorcycle

• they ran

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When Trevor Noah would run from his mother when he was young, how would she get him to stop?

• She would yell, "thief!"

• She would catch up to him quickly and tackle him.

• She would leave him without a ride to get home.

• She would call the police.

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After the terrifying and chaotic night at the end of chapter 1, what do Trevor Noah and his mother do together?

• They laugh.

• They cry.

• They pray.

• They sing.

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Reorder the following events from chapter 1

• Trevor and his mother waited at Rosebank Union for a minibus.

• Trevor and his mother hitchhiked and got a ride in a car from a stranger.

• Trevor and his mother laughed together.

• Trevor's mother pushed him out of a moving vehicle.

• A Zulu minibus driver forced Trevor and his mother ride his minibus.

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What skill did Trevor's mother learn to earn a more comfortable job?

• typing

• speaking English

• driving

• running

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