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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the people Tengo finds at the school when he arrives doing?
(a) Shooting film for a newscast.
(b) Trying to squash a protest.
(c) Waiting for Tengo.
(d) Fighting a fire.

2. Who takes Tengo to the train on the day of his departure?
(a) His father.
(b) Frikkie's father.
(c) His mother.
(d) The oubaas.

3. How many years does Tengo study before taking his first break?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

4. The oubaas tells Frikkie and Tengo the story of _______________________.
(a) The Cicada Storm.
(b) The Great Trek.
(c) The Antelope Walk.
(d) The Ship of Tears.

5. Tengo hears a story about a boy who could not finish his education abroad because _________________________.
(a) He ran out of money.
(b) He got into trouble.
(c) He got homesick.
(d) The work was too hard.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many soldiers are killed by an unseen gunman?

2. What does Tengo decide to become instead of finishing his education?

3. What does Tengo's mother ask Joseph's mother to send?

4. What do protesters throw at the soldier?

5. What is in the box that arrives for Tengo?

(see the answer key)

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