Family/Relationships
Who is the most influential person in Trevor's life?
Who is Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah (his mother)?
Under apartheid, what was illegal about Trevor's birth?
What is interracial relationships and mixed-race children were illegal?
In which city did Trevor grow up?
What is Johannesburg?
What is a township?
What is a segregated urban area for non-white residents?
What was Trevor's first language?
What is Xhosa?
What was significant about Trevor's parents' relationship during apartheid?
What is it was illegal because his mother was Black and father was white?
What color determined where people could live during apartheid?
What is skin color/racial classification?
What business did Trevor's mother start to make extra money?
What is selling food/running an illegal food business?
What role did churches play in Trevor's childhood?
What is his mother took him to three different churches every Sunday?
How did Trevor use language to fit in with different groups?
What is he learned different languages to communicate with various communities?
Who was Abel, and how did he impact Trevor's life?
Who was Trevor's abusive stepfather who eventually shot his mother?
Why did Trevor have to hide when walking with his mother in public?
What is because mixed-race relationships were illegal and they could be arrested?
How did young Trevor make money in his neighborhood?
What is pirating and selling CDs?
What is "paying the taxi fare"?
What is when passengers in the front had to help navigate?
What language did most white South Africans speak?
What is Afrikaans?
What special nickname did Trevor's grandmother give him?
What is "Mpho" (meaning gift)?
What were the main racial classifications under apartheid?
What are Black, White, Colored, and Indian?
What happened when Trevor was thrown from a moving car?
What is his mother threw him out to save him from danger?
What was significant about Trevor being "colored"?
What is he could move between different racial groups more easily?
Why was speaking multiple languages an advantage for Trevor?
What is it helped him cross cultural and racial barriers?
How did Patricia's relationship with her family change after having Trevor?
What is they initially rejected her but later accepted Trevor as family?
How did the government use language to divide people?
What is they separated people by tribal languages and restricted their movement?
How many languages does Trevor speak?
What is at least six languages?
How did education differ between Black and white schools?
What is Black schools had fewer resources and taught in different languages?
How did language affect Trevor's identity formation?
What is it allowed him to adapt to different cultural situations?