Excerpt from Born a Crime

How would you best describe the tone of the excerpt?

• Bitter and resentful

• Humorous yet reflective

• Formal and serious

• Indifferent and detached

What literary device does Trevor Noah frequently use to convey his experiences?

• Hyperbole

• Satire

• Metaphor

• All of the above

Why did Trevor’s mother lie about his father’s identity?

• She was ashamed of her relationship

• It was illegal under apartheid for a black woman and a white man to have a child

• She wanted to protect his father from the police

• She did not know who his father was

How did Trevor’s father react to his birth?

• He abandoned the family completely

• He initially didn’t want to be involved but later changed his mind

• He tried to fight for custody of Trevor

• He moved to another country to avoid the situation

Why did Trevor’s grandmother keep him indoors when he visited Soweto?

• She was afraid he would get lost

• She thought he was too young to play outside

• She didn’t want him to interact with other children

• She feared the police would take him away for being mixed-race

What type of conflict is most evident in this excerpt?

• Man vs. Society

• Man vs. Self

• Man vs. Nature

• Man vs. Technology

What was the consequence of apartheid’s strict racial laws for Trevor and his mother?

• They had to create elaborate strategies to move around in public

• They were forced to leave South Africa

• They could openly acknowledge their family connection

• They had to live in separate homes

How did Trevor’s mother ensure he could go outside safely?

• She disguised him as a different race by dressing him in specific clothes

• She had a colored woman named Queen pretend to be his mother in public

• She bribed the police to let them walk together

• She carried legal documents proving she was his mother

What does Trevor’s relationship with his father reveal about his childhood?

• His wanted to be involved but had to do so in secrecy

• His father was ashamed of him, so he grew up feeling very bitter

• His father didn’t care about the laws, so he challenged them in court

• His father was not a part of his childhood

How did Trevor’s early experiences shape his personality?

• He became deeply introverted and struggled to communicate with others

• He developed a strong imagination and learned to entertain himself

• He rebelled against authority from a young age

• He avoided making friends out of fear of being taken away