Main Character
What race is his mom?
Black
Trevor says he was raised by _______
Women
Why is Trevor a crime
Because he is mixed
His mom bought him which sneakers?
Abidas, with 4 stripes
What did his mom give him a lot of?
Books, and beatings
What ethnicity is his dad?
Swiss/German
How does Trevor feel about church?
He likes church
What does Israel have in common with South Africa?
Apartheid
Describe the "open plan" house of his grandmother
1 bedroom, and 1 everything else room
Black society got divided into which 2 groups based on money?
Hood and Cheese-boys
How many churches does he go to?
Three
What is a benefit of being mixed?
He can fit in with both racial groups, page 59
Name the different official races that people were forced to register under? Extra points for the categories of Asians.
Black, White, Colored, Indian.
Chinese were colored and Japanese were white.
What town did he live in as a kid?
Soweto
how many official languages are in South Africa?
11
How was this used to help segregation?
What did he do in front of his half blind grandmother?
Go number 2
What was education like before and during apartheid?
Missionary Christian English schools which taught all subjects. Then Bantu Schools which only taught agriculture.
What does Trevor believe unites people?
Language
What did Trevor often hear in his neighborhood?
Gunshots
How old was he when Nelson Mandela was released from prison?
5 years old, page 11
What TV show did he host in America?
The Daily Show
Buying at the tuckshop, making CDs, DJing
Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day....
teach a man to fish, you feed for a lifetime, but also give him a fishing rod.
What were 3 things his dad did with him?
Watch F1 racing, cook for him, Christmas (European style)
How was African christmas?
What happened to his mom and who did it?
Her ex-husband Abel shot her in the head, but she miraculously survived.