Born a Crime: Chapter 16

What does "Alex" stand for?

• Alexandrina

• Alexandria

• Alexa

• Alexandra

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CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.2.4

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.K.4

Trevor didn't go to university right after school because he couldn't afford the tuition. What is "tuition"?

• money for food

• money for a place to live

• a sum of money charged for teaching by a university

• money for a school bag and school supplies

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Why was cheese regarded as a luxury?

• It looks like gold

• It was expensive

• It is delicious

• It was imported

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.K.2

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

What did Bongani call Alex?

• the hood

• the ghetto

• the township

• thee homeland

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Why was it suddenly cool to be from a poor neighbourhood?

• The neighbourhoods got rich

• Alex just sounded cool

• Because Trevor was there

• American movies & hiphop made it cool

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.K.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

Why were many people suddenly unemployed when apartheid ended?

• Because people now had to be paid fairly

• Because all the employers left

• Because the economy did not do well

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CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RL.1.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

What is a "smiley"?

• a cow's stomach

• a sheep's liver

• a goat's head

• a chicken leg

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

What did the camera make Trevor realise?

• that he should steal bigger things

• that he was stealing from real people

• that it was his camera

• that he should only steal cameras

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.3.1