Born a Crime

Trevor Noah's mother is descended from which African tribe?

• Zulu

• Tsonga

• Tswana

• Xhosa

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Which church services did Noah´s mum force her son to attend on Sundays?

• mixed-race church (a suburban megachurch with contemporary Christian rock music and an ex-bodybuilder as pastor)

• a mainly white church (focusing on bible studies & analysing the script)

• ancestral spiritual belief service

• passionate black church (that would go on for hours and at times the pastor casting demons out of the congregants)

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How old was Trevor when the incident of being thrown out of a car occured?

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To what does Trevor attribute the misfortune leading up to the incident of being thrown out of a car?

• bad weather

• second hand cars and their tendency to break down

• a full moon

• women and their mood swings

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Which is true of Trevor's relationship with his mother?

• HE NEVER MISBEHAVES AND SHE CONSIDERS HIM AN IDEAL CHILD

• HE IS FREQUENTLY DISOBEDIENT AND SHE IS STRICT WITH HIM

• THE TWO OF THEM LEAD SEPARATE LIVES AND SELDOM INTERACT

• HE HAS HAD TO MATURE QUICKLY SO THAT HE CAN TAKE CARE OF HER

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Open your book - there you will find the answer straight away: When was the Immorality Act passed?

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What rule was Trevor born under?

• Slavery

• Dutch colony

• British colony

• Apartheid

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What successful US show does Trevor host today?

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Which is true of the political situation after the fall of apartheid as Trevor describes it?

• RIVALRY BETWEEN DIFFERENT POLITICAL PARTIES LEADS TO INTENSE VIOLENCE IN BLACK COMMUNITIES

• ONGOING TENSIONS LEAD TO VIOLENT CLASHES BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE COMMUNITIES

• VIOLENCE IS NOT OVER, BUT MANY MICROAGRESSIONS AND SIMMERING TENSION; EXTREMELY HIGH RATES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

• EVERYONE PUTS ASIDE THEIR POLITICAL DIFFERENCES TO WORK TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE

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Which is NOT true of the minibus system Trevor and his mother make use of?

• it operates outside of the legal transport system

• it operates to serve the black populations

• the schedule is unreliable and inconsistent

• the drivers are primarily women

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