WorksheetsBORN A CRIME
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
When was the Immorality Act passed?
1977
1827
1877
1927
In what country did the author grow up?
South America
North Africa
South Africa
Nigeria
Which tribe does the author describe as "warriors"?
The Sotho
The Zulu
The Tswana.
The Xhosa
Who threw the author from a moving vehicle when he was a young boy?
A policeman
His mother
A bank robber
His father
Which tribe does the author describe as "thinkers"?
The Sotho
The Tswana
The Zulu
The Xhosa
Which church does the author describe as "passionate" and "cathartic"?
The mostly black church
The Chinese church
The mostly white church
The multiracial church
On what does the author blame most of the things that have gone wrong in his life?
The death of his mother
Second-hand cars
Fear
Apartheid
Who did the author accuse of tricking his mother into going to church the day they were threatened in the minibus?
He claimed that the pastor tricked his mother
He accused the Devil
Trevor claimed that he tricked her himself
He accused God
How did the author's mother save him from the threatening men on the mini-bus?
She beat the men senseless.
She threatened the men into leaving them alone.
She bribed the men into leaving them alone.
She threw him out of the vehicle.
What predominately Zulu political group violently opposed the African National Congress after the end of apartheid?
The Inkatha.
The Xhosa.
The Sotho.
The National Socialists.
What law did the author's parents break when they had him?
The Apartheid Act of 1927
The Immorality Act of 1927
The Immorality Act of 1977
The Apartheid Act of 1977
At the end of the foreword to the story "Born a Crime," the author wrote that apartheid would be easy for occupants of which country to understand?
America.
Nigeria.
England.
Costa Rica.
What unusual career move did Patricia make in the early 1980s?
She became a chiropractor.
She started working in a factory.
She became a secretary.
She became a housekeeper
Who taught Patricia how to navigate Johannesburg without being deported to the Bantustans?
Police
Prostitutes.
Food vendors.
Mini-bus drivers.
17. What nationality is listed on the author's birth certificate?
Swiss
Xhosa
Swazi
Which racial group was most common in Soweto, according to the author?
Indian people.
Soweto was fully integrated.
White people
Black people
Why was the author unable to play with his cousins when he was very young?
His grandmother was afraid the neighborhood children would steal him.
His grandmother was afraid the cousins would be a bad influence on Trevor.
(c) Trevor was being punished.
His grandmother was afraid thepolice would take him away.
What reason did Patricia give when the author asked why they did not move to Switzerland?
She believed South Africa was too good for them.
She did not want to leave South Africa.
Switzerland would be even worse.
Switzerland refused to accept them.
