Born A Crime - Chapter 6 Review
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- Q1What does the author say is impressive about the timing of his mother's decision to have him?She chose to have him even though she could still remember her mistreatment by the hands of her own family.She chose to have him before she knew apartheid would end.She chose to have him even though it would have been very expensive at the time.She chose to have him at a time when the world's population was increasing.30s
- Q2Why was the author difficult for his caretakers to handle when he was very little?He was cruel.He did not speak the same language as any of them.He was smelly.He was hyperactive and very hungry.30s
- Q3How did the author view the "destructive" (79) antics from his youth?He wanted vengeance on those that wronged him.He was creating chaos to see how people reacted.He was not destructive at all, he just got a bad rap because of his racial identity.He had an insatiable desire to see the world burn.30s
- Q4What did Patricia do when the author kept pestering her for toffee applesShe bought him a toffee apple.She called the police.She beat him.She pretended to have never see him before.30s
- Q5How did arguments between the author and his mother change after the author turned eight?They started arguing about more mature topics.They stopped arguing altogether.Their arguments became nastier and more personal.They began to argue in writing instead of in person.30s
- Q6How did Patricia handle "major disputes" (84) with the author?She beat him.She got other members of the family to help argue with him.She wrote extra-length letters.She insisted on arguing in Xhosa.30s
- Q7Why does the author compare Patricia to a "guerilla fighter" (84)?She was too slow to catch him for a whooping so she had to get her attacks in on the fly.She was extremely proficient with improvised explosives.She disliked the great apes and, growing up, the author did not know the difference between a "guerilla fighter" and a "gorilla fighter."She fought for what she believed in.30s
- Q8How did the author respond when he found out that he could not take communion because he was not Catholic?He called the owners of the school racistHe apologized for the misunderstanding.He converted to Catholicism.He asked if Jesus, being Jewish, would also be denied the right of communion.30s
- Q9What diagnosis did the school psychologists give the author after he laughed while being corporally punished?They diagnosed him with ADHD.None-they determined he was mentally normal.They diagnosed him with sociopathy.They diagnosed him with bipolar disorder.30s
- Q10What happened when the author tried to show his friend how to burn his name into pieces of wood?The author and his friend started a moderately successful wood furnishing business.His friend wrote a bad word and blamed it on the author.They wrote their names in the side of the house and got in trouble.They accidentally burned down the author's friend's house.30s
- Q11Where did Abel go after he was forced to move out of the home of the white family he lived with?He was forced to live on the streets.He moved in with Patricia and the authorHe left to make it big in America.He bought an identical house across the street.30s