Transitions
So you can imagine how weird it was for me, I was mixed but not colored–colored by complexion but not by culture. Because of that I was seen as a colored person who didn’t want to be a colored person. Some colored people hated me because of my blackness…Other colored people hated me because of my whiteness. _____________ I identified as being black, I had a white father…So colored people thought that I thought I was better than them” (Noah 120-121).
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
A. Comparatively,
B. Needless to say,
C. Even though
D. Because
C. Even though
What major historical event is discussed in the book numerous times that occurred in South Africa?
Apartheid
"Then Abel came and stood over her and pointed his gun at her head. She looked up and looked at him straight down the barrel of the gun. Then she started to pray, and that's when the gun misfired. Then it misfired again. Then it misfired again, and again. She jumped up, shoved him away, and ran for the car. Andrew leapt in beside her and she turned the ignition and then her memory went blank" (Noah 284).
Which theme topic is being represented in this quote?
Religion
What two main types of writing do we see used in Born a Crime?
Informative and Narrative
Trevor discussing his time in jail: “Because racism exists, and you have to pick a side. You can say that you don’t pick sides, but eventually life will force you to pick a side…That day, I picked white” (Noah 240). ________________, Trevor chose those with whom he felt safest.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
A. Lately,
B. Secondly,
C. However,
D. Clearly,
D. Clearly,
How would you describe Trevor's father's presence in his life?
A. Involed
B. Distant
C. Nonexistent
D. Harsh
B. Distant
"My grandmother always told me that she loved my prayers. She believed my prayers were more powerful, because I prayed in English (Noah 40).
Which theme topic is being represented in this quote?
Language
How does Trevor Noah use informative writing in Born a Crime?
To provide background information and context for the stories in every chapter.
“I looked at the screen and I realized: Teddy was dark. I am light; I have olive skin. (1)_______ the camera can’t expose for light and dark at the same time. (2) _________ when you put me on a black-and-white screen next to a black person, the camera doesn’t know what to do…it picks me as white. The picture wasn’t great, and my facial features were a bit blurry, but if you looked closely…you had to at least suspect that it was me. They didn’t…I kept waiting for it to be a trick, for them to turn and say, ‘It’s you!’ They didn’t. These people had been so f****ed by their own construct of race that they could not see that the white person they were looking for was sitting right in front of them” (Noah 158-159).
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
A. However, So
B. Furthermore, Also
C. Because, Later,
D. First, Then
A. However, So
Evil, sinister, violent, cruel, etc.
" 'Because I don't know how to hit a white child,' she said. 'A black child, I understand. A black child, you hit them and they stay black. Trevor, when you hit him he turns blue and green and yellow and red. I've never seen those colors before. I'm scared I'm going to break him. I don't want to kill a white person. I'm so afraid. I'm not going to touch him.' And she never did" (Noah 52).
Which theme topic is being represented in this quote?
Race
"Language brings with it an identity and a culture, or at least the perception of it. A shared language says "We're the same." A language barrier says "We're different"" (Noah 49).
Which narrative development in Chapter 4 is best explained by this informational statement?
A. Trevor not understanding the language being spoken at school
B. Trevor learning different languages from his school friends
C. Trevor using his ability to speak different languages to fit in at school
D. Trevor teaching his schoolmates how to speak in Xhosa
C. Trevor using his ability to speak different languages to fit in at school
Since I belonged to no group I learned to move seamlessly between groups…I was like a weed dealer, but of food. The weed guy is always welcome at the party. He’s not part of the circle, but he’s invited into the circle temporarily because of what he can offer. That was who I was. Always an outsider…I learned that even though I didn't belong to one group, I could be part of any group” (Noah 140-141). ______________ not having a close network of friends, Trevor was comfortable with his superficial relationships.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
A. Finally
B. For instance,
C. Especially
D. Despite
D. Despite
What did Trevor do during his "gap year"?
Sell CDs, DJ, sell stolen goods.
"'Everything I have ever done I've done from a place of love. If I don't punish you, the world will punish you even worse. The woerd doesn't love you. If the police get you, the police don't love you. When I beat you, I'm trying to save you. When they beat you, they're trying to kill you'" (Noah 243).
Which theme topic is being represented in this quote?
Coming of Age
"These little lessons were always about grown-up relationships, funnily enough. She was so preoccupied with teaching me how to be a man that she never taught me how to be a boy. How to talk to a girl or pass a girl a note in class- there was none of that" (Noah 127).
Which narrative development in Chapter 10 is best explained by this informational statement?
A. Trevor asking his mother for relationship advice.
B. Trevor falling madly in love with a classmate.
C. Trevor passing notes in class with a girl.
D. Trevor asking out a girl for the first time in middle school.
D. Trevor asking out a girl for the first time in middle school.