Historical Background
What was the policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race in South Africa called?
What is apartheid
What cartoon relationship does Trevor use to describe his relationship with his mother?
What is "Tom and Jerry"
The grandmother thinks that prayers in what language are the most powerful?
What is English
What concept is defined as: To customize style of speech to the audience or group being addressed
What is codeswitching
What was "sawdust" at the butcher shop?
What laws in America were similar to Apartheid in South Africa?
What are Jim Crow laws
What were the three different churches that Trevor and his mother went to?
Black church, white church, mixed church
What is the name of Trevor Noah's great grandmother?
What is Koko
What is language
Trevor's mom's goal was to "free his mind" (68). How did she do this?
What is England and the Netherlands
Who were the 2 main tribes in South Africa?
Who were the Zulu and the Xhosa
2 words:
1: informal grocery store that sells small quantities of food to residents in Soweto
2: "unlawful bars in the back of someone's house"
What is Spaza
What is Shebeen
What were the names of Trevor's two schools?
What is Maryvale and H. A. Jack Primary
What was one example that Trevor cited of Apartheid being illogical?
Chinese and Japanese classification
What year did Apartheid begin?
What is 1948
What color was Trevor's mother's car?
What is an older woman who is powerful within a family or organization called (for example, his grandmother)
What is a matriarch
Why did white children not learn the African languages?
"During apartheid white people were always taught that those languages were beneath them" (58)
What does Trevor's mom's name mean? (Nombuyiselo)
What year did Apartheid end?
What is 1994
What is an 'iwisa' and how does it appear in the story?
What is a traditional zulu war club carried by the bus driver
Why was there a "void left absent by men" in Soweto? (39) (at least 2 reasons)
They were working in the mines in far away areas, in prison, in exile, fighting for the cause or dead.
free response
What was the only radio station that Trevor and his mom listened to in the car?
What is Radio Pulpit