Basics
Who is the protagonist of Born a Crime?
Trevor Noah
Apartheid ended in
When is 1991?
Which character is known as "the second girl?"
People have to step away from their surroundings in order to see what else the world can offer.
What is a theme?
Plot point in Chapter 17.
Trevor is caught with a car, not owned by him, nor Abel, and he goes to jail. He befriends a man who speaks Tsonga. He is released and learns that his mother paid for a lawyer, despite her reluctance to help him outwardly.
What genre is Born a Crime?
Memoir
What was the name given to the period of institutionalized racism that took place in Trevor's country between 1948 and 1991?
Apartheid
This character gifted Trevor a CD writer?
Who is Andrew?
"Racism"; "Fufi"; "Language"; "S**t" are all examples of...
What is motif?
When Abel finds out about the boys making fun of Trevor, he...
What is violently beats the children up?
They go to three versions of these institutions.
What are three Christian churches?
These schools were all over South Africa during Patricia's youth (1953-1979). They were a result of apartheid; they segregated students by color-meant to training kids to do manual labor.
What are Bantu schools?
This person was physically in and out of Trevor's life due to Apartheid. He was able to still be a male figure in Trevor's life. He is from Switzerland and engaged in anti-apartheid or "illegal"activities.
Who is Robert, Trevor's biological father?
" But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to."
What are examples of repetition, short syntax, hyperbole, and authorial intrusion(author speaks directly to reader), metaphor?
Nelson Mandela and Patricia were both ___________ people.
Xhosa
The divisions/categories of races in South Africa.
What are Whites, Blacks, Indians, & Colored.
In the 1950s, even though Black people made up about 80% of the population, they were only allowed to live on ____% of the land. (Under 10%, over 10%, over 20%?)
13%
This character is a mechanic, but not a great businessman. He failed to keep his auto shop despite his wife being able to help financially. He is also abusive and dangerous.
Who is Abel, Trveor's stepfather?
“The names of the kids with detention were announced at every assembly, and I was always one of them. Always. Every single day. It was a running joke. The prefect would say, ‘Detentions for today…’ and I would stand up automatically. It was like the Oscars and I was Meryl Streep.”
What are examples of anectdotes, tautology, allusion, and metaphor.
At the beginning of the book, Trevor was ____ years old when his mother threw him out of a moving car.
9
The setting of his childhood stories in this text.
What is South Africa?
What was the name of the law that made it illegal for people of different races to have a baby together?
Immorality Act of 1927
Which character helped Trevor determine that he identified as Black?
Theesan Pillay, an Indian kid, recognizes him as a “fellow anomaly” and rescues him from his isolation. Theesan finds it “amazing” that Trevor can speak so many African languages and spends the entirety of recess taking Trevor around, having him talk with various black students in their native languages.
Sometimes decisions are made without others truly understanding the rationale; all one has to do is have "faith" in them.
What is an example of theme in chapter 18.
The significance of the title of the book is...
What is Born a Crime? His parents were of two different races and concieved in a dangerous time in which interracial relationships were forbidden and illegal. It was a crime. Trevor is a result of their crime because he should not have been born according to Apartheid and he was able to have been reared by his mother.