Born a Crime
Apartheid
MLA Format
Pace FAQ
9th Grade World Lit
100

This is the name of Trevor Noah’s mother, who plays a central role in his life.

Who is Patricia?

100

The term "apartheid," an Afrikaans word, literally means . . . 

separateness (apart-hood)

100

This is the font and font size you should use.

What is Times New Roman, 12 point?

100

This is the easiest way to stay up to date on the daily class schedule.

What is using Google Classroom?

100

This is the person you should go to FIRST if you're struggling in a class.

Who is your teacher?

200

This is the ethnic group Trevor's mom belongs to

What is Xhosa?

200

Under apartheid, Black South Africans were forced to live in these areas.

Townships

200

Fill in the blank:
In a heading, the order goes:

Name
_______
Teacher's name
Date

What is (the specific) Course Name?

200

This is the first day of school (day/date).

What is Wednesday, August 13?

200

Name two good online resources you could use to review characters from a novel/book.

What are . . . Sparknotes, Shmoop, LitCharts, Quizlet, Quizizz, ChatGPT or any AI, etc?

300

This is the name of Trevor's grandfather.

Who is Temperance?

300

Roughly when apartheid ended

Early 1990s (the first negotiations to end apartheid took place in May of 1990, but the real end of legislated apartheid took place in 1994)

300

Should your heading be single spaced or double spaced?

What is double spaced?

300

This floor of the Upper School is where the ARC (Academic Resource Center) is located.

What is the fourth floor?

300

A course syllabus is like a ____ between you and your teacher/course.

What is a contract?

400

This is the relative (name and type of relative) the "kitchen incident" in Soweto happened in front of.

Who is Koko, Trevor's great grandmother (Patricia's grandmother)?

400

The African National Congress president who helped end apartheid and became the South Africa's first Black president

Nelson Mandela

400

When you directly quote from, summarize, or paraphrase an outside source, what must you do to avoid plagiarism?

What is . . . include an MLA in-text citation at the end of the sentence?

400

This is the event during the first week of school that requires you to wear your dress uniform and sign the honor code in the FAC.

What is Convocation?

400

This is the person I should go see if I want help or feedback for English or history assignments, and I've already talked to my teacher and asked them questions.

Who is . . . me (Mrs. Friday)?! I'm in the ARC, fourth floor of the US, room 422C. 

500

These two things are what Trevor made money with by selling them at school.

What are Bootleg CDs and snacks/drinks?
500

The four racial categories used during apartheid

Black, white, coloured, Indian

500

Which of the following is an example of an integrated quote?

1. Noah writes, “I became a chameleon” (Noah 57).

2. Noah's “chameleon” qualities helped him "immediately endear" himself to any group (Noah 57).

What is 2?

500

This is the building where freshmen usually hang out in (where the Snack Bar is also located).

What is Inman?

500

This person is the the head of the English Department (we're in this person's room).

Who is Mr. Player?

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