Born a Crime Final Exam Review

Though Patricia and Robert did not stay together as a couple, she always spoke highly of him.

Which is a good aspect of the hood in South Africa?

Sandringham High School was a government-controlled school that contained mostly mixed children. 

During apartheid, the government classified Japanese and Chinese people as colored. 

Another boy thinks he owns Trevor’s dog and would not give the dog back. What does Patricia do?

How do people know you have money in the hood in South Africa?

Trevor is named after his great grandfather, who was a powerful man of intelligence and importance in his community.

Chapter 3 shows Trevor is all of these except:

Which statement is true about crime in the hood in Alexandra, South Africa?

What is true of the European names selected by black people in South Africa?

The city of Alexandra can best be described as...

How did Patricia rebel against expectations of black women in the South African work force?

Trevor didn’t know until he was a teenager that other kids left South Africa young and returned with Mandela's election.

Which is true of chapter 3? Trevor...

Patricia did not take Trevor to see other places because she didn't want him to feel bad about what they couldn't afford

What was odd about the Bantu schools established by the South African government?

Trevor made extra money because he delivered newspapers at half the speed as every other paperboy in the district.

While at Catholic school, Trevor was referred to a psychologist three times.

What forced Trevor to realize that crime would lessen if people saw what illegal actions did to the victims?

How was Trevor "born a crime" in South Africa?

What does Trevor compare hustling to?

Which is the traditional Christmas with Trevor’s mom? 

What did Robert show Trevor that meant so much? 

Instead of only making CDs, what else does Trevor do with his talent and equipment?

Why does Trevor feel he is an imposter?

According to Trevor, what does money give to people?

When Trevor graduated high school, he put his pirating CDs business behind him and got a job at a clothing store. 

Which is NOT true of Soweto?

When Trevor visited his grandfather Temperance, why did Patricia tell Trevor he should not eat food there? 

Which best describes the women in Trevor’s life?

Though Trevor was a major prankster at home, he did not get into trouble at school.

Which word best describes Trevor’s actions in chapter 6?

Trevor and Bongali sell CDs and DJ parties. What other business do they have?

Trevor calls his father "Robert" instead of "Dad" or "Father."

Once Trevor got to know his father better, he realized that his parents were more alike than they were different. 

Why did Trevor stop his CD and DJ business?

As Trevor grew, he lost interest in reading, but his mother made him read because she knew it was a skill he needed.

How did Patricia break the law in downtown Johannesburg?

Patricia did not put Trevor’s real father’s name on his birth certificate.

Patricia refused to spend money on name brands because she was tight with money.

Trevor blends in well with other people, but he has no specific group he calls his own.

Trevor liked to play with fire, so he and a friend purposely set a small fire in a shed.

Trevor realized first hand the importance of giving people resources they need to achieve their goals.

Which is NOT a lesson Patricia teaches Trevor in this chapter?

Which word does NOT describe Bongani?

What is a shebeen?

When Trevor disagreed with his mother, she would have him write his feelings and points down in a letter for her.

According to Trevor, schools in Africa skimmed over the apartheid era and did not fully teach about the atrocities.

Whom did the Afrikaners descend from?

 When unusual events occur in South Africa, how do most people explain it?

Why is Soweto so magical to Trevor?

Trevor was never told who his father was in order to protect Trevor.

In which areas are Trevor’s parents very different from each other?

Black cats in South Africa are associated with...

What valuable lesson does Trevor learn concerning Fufi?

Which is NOT true about Patricia’s time away from home for twelve years?

Which is NOT a way that Trevor spent his earnings from his CD buisness?

Trevor doesn’t care for the way his father celebrates Christmas because it seems so commercialized.

How did Trevor locate his father after ten years of being apart?

What did women turn to for guidance in Soweto since many men were absent? 

What caused a huge misunderstanding at King David School?

Why does Patricia think her family has been sent a supernatural warning? 

Why was Trevor unfairly arrested in Soweto?

Even though Trevor was spending his own money, his mother would not allow him to eat out whenever he wanted.

What action was taken to protect Trevor as a child?

Which is NOT true of Trevor's father?

 Which word does NOT describe Trevor in chapter 14?

What does Trevor find out later that explains Fufi’s behavior? 

One reason Trevor stopped visiting his father was because...

Trevor states that a mixed-race child is known as _____ in South Africa.

Patricia was the one who insisted Trevor find his father when Trevor was twenty-four years old. 

Trevor was not allowed to participate in communion at his Catholic school because he was not Catholic. 

Andrew changed Trevor’s life by...