Facts about the memoir
Vocabulary
Reading strategies
Apartheid history
Details from Born a Crime
100
True or false? Born a Crime is a New York Times bestselling book.
True.
100
DEFINE: bewilderment
Being totally confused.
100
Which reading strategy is this? "Because Trevor appears to be so mischievous, I believe he will get into trouble with the law in a few chapters."
Predicting.
100
What year did apartheid begin?
1948.
100
What colour was Trevor's mom's car?
Orange/tangerine.
200
Was Born a Crime published in 2016, 2018, or 2021?
2016.
200
Provide the word for this definition: a form of travel by asking strangers for rides
Hitchhiking.
200
Which reading strategy is being described here? "I am carefully looking at the cover of the book and thinking about what I already know about the author and what real-world events influenced the book."
Pre-reading.
200
Which South African leader spent 27 years in prison for fighting apartheid and later became the country’s first Black president?
Nelson Mandela.
200
How many churches did Trevor's mom take Trevor to on Sundays?
3 (white church, black church, mixed church).
300
How many languages has Born a Crime been translated into? 3, 5, or 7?
7: Finnish, Arabic, Polish, Romanian, Lithuanian, Icelandic, and Slovak.
300
Provide the word for this definition: an object that someone believes brings good luck or protection
Talisman.
300
Which reading strategy is being described here? "I’m using the sensory details — the beautiful views, the taste of the bread and bologna, and the sound of the parchment paper — to clearly picture this scene in my mind.”
Visualizing.
300
'Apartheid' is the Afrikaans word for ________________.
Apartness.
300
Trevor begins talking to a girl he thinks is cute, and she asks to try riding his bike. What happens next?
She steals the bike.
400
True or false? There is a movie adaptation of Born a Crime.
False.
400
DEFINE: tyrant
A cruel and unfair leader.
400
Which reading strategy is being described here? “I am making connections between myself, the world, other texts, and this text.”
Making connections (text to self, text to world, text to self).
400
To which group did apartheid laws give the most political power and privileges in South Africa?
White people in South Africa.
400
What did Abel do to the ringleader of the kids who pelted Trevor with mulberries?
Abel beat the ringleader (with a switch/long tree branch).
500
True or false: Trevor Noah is also the author of a children's book.
True: Trevor wrote a children's book entitled Into the Uncut Grass. 
500
DEFINE: pestering
Bothering or annoying someone repeatedly.
500
Which reading strategy is being described here? “I am identifying the most important ideas and putting them into my own words to create a clear, brief paragraph about the text.”
Summarizing.
500
Which African organization, co-founded by Nelson Mandela, worked to fight apartheid and promote Black South Africans’ rights?
African National Congress (ANC).
500
What is the name of the public high school Trevor attended where the students were of diverse races?
Sandringham High School.