Born A Crime
This is the country that Born A Crime is set in.
What is South Africe?
Trevor's mother.
Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah
The belief that a person's ability is innate rather than developed through effort.
What is a Fixed Mindset?
The name of the place where students can get help with Math subjects.
What is Math Tutoring Center in the Math/Physics building, 3rd floor?
The tradition of Sweetheart Circle.
What is walking around 3 times and destined to be married.
What is getting married there.
This phrase with many shades of meaning. It says “don’t undermine me,” “don’t underestimate me,” and “just try me.”
What is sun’qhela?
In South Africa, names have meaning. For example, Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah, means “She Who Gives Back" and it was something that described her well.
This is the meaning of Trevor's name.
What is no meaning whatsoever?
The belief a person can get better at something through practice and exercise.
What is a Growth Mindset?
The location of the Writing Center.
What is the second floor of the library?
These are the names of the places you can get food at on campus. (list 4)
What are Dinning Commons, Lakeside, Russel Union, IT building, Nursing/Chem building.
The triumph of democracy is sometimes called ________, it is called that because very little white blood was spilled. Black blood ran in the streets.
What is the Bloodless Revolution?
A form of murder, particularly common during riots in the apartheid era, in which tires are put over someone's arms and chest, then the person is doused with petroleum and burned alive.
What is necklacing?
Neuroplasticity.
What is the brain's ability to adapt and change throughout a lifetime.
What is the ability of the brain to form and reorganize synaptic connections, especially in response to learning or experience or following injury.
The location of card services.
Where is the Dining commons?
The animal supposedly buried in Sweetheart Circle.
What is a whale?
These are at least 4 of the languages Trevor Noah can speak.
What are English, Xhosa, Zulu, Tsonga, Southern Sotho, Tswana, Afrikaans, and German
***Describe an event from the book that shows the theme "language is a powerful tool."***
Answers will vary.
The number of withdrawals allowed at GSU.
What is 6?
The amount of individual sessions offered at the counselling center.
The president of Georgia Southern University.
Who is Dr. Kyle Marrero?
The name of the law that made it illegal for people of different races to have a baby together.
What is the Immorality Act of 1927?
This character recognizes him as a “fellow anomaly” and rescues him from his isolation. He 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.
Who is Theesan Pillay, an Indian kid.
The location to view unofficial transcripts and request official ones.
What is Wings-Student Records?
Where you log volunteer hours.
What is Eagle Engage?
The location of the United States National Tick Collection on campus.
What is the basement of the Math building?