Waiting for the Rain Test | Final Test - Easy

Sheila Gordon
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Waiting for the Rain Test | Final Test - Easy

Sheila Gordon
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tengo is aware of his mother's ___________________ at his departure.
(a) Anger.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Unhappiness.
(d) Joy.

2. Life staying familiar is ____________________ for Frikkie.
(a) Wrong.
(b) Comfortable.
(c) Crazy.
(d) Boring.

3. Tengo dreams of going abroad to a place where ____________________________.
(a) He is not treated as less than human.
(b) It is warm all year long.
(c) A black man can be President.
(d) There are many beaches.

4. What causes Tengo to lose focus at school?
(a) A noisy neighbor.
(b) A new girlfriend.
(c) The student uprisings.
(d) Financial worries.

5. What does Tengo spend his time doing when school starts again?
(a) Hiking.
(b) Working.
(c) Playing soccer.
(d) Studying.

6. Where does Frikkie go for a brief vacation after his military training?
(a) The Bahamas.
(b) Fiji.
(c) The farm.
(d) The Seychelles.

7. Tengo must choose between his personal desire for an education and _____________________________.
(a) The need to support his family.
(b) His country's need for change.
(c) His father's demands.
(d) The desire to travel.

8. Who is afraid that the threat will ruin the farm?
(a) The oubaas.
(b) Tengo's father.
(c) Frikkie.
(d) Tengo.

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

10. Tengo struggles with his need for an education and ________________________.
(a) The needs of his countrymen.
(b) His love for his mother.
(c) His friendship with Frikkie.
(d) His loyalty to his father.

11. Why is the person in #56 angry about Tengo's desire to go to school?
(a) He has planned on his being boss-boy in the future.
(b) It is too far for a boy to travel.
(c) Because his sister should be allowed to go also.
(d) Black boys should not be given formal educations.

12. What do many of the student protesters suggest for the students?
(a) They leave school until they can be given a better education.
(b) They should not be out on the streets after dark.
(c) They should picket the school buildings.
(d) They should write letters to the government.

13. What does a soldier force Tengo to do at the school gates?
(a) Put on a gas mask.
(b) Get inside the school gates.
(c) Hand over his backpack.
(d) Return home.

14. What happens when Frikkie comes for another vacation at the farm?
(a) Tengo is reluctant to play with him.
(b) He and Tengo read books.
(c) He and Tengo go hunting.
(d) Tengo teaches him to milk a cow.

15. Why does Tengo desperately want an education?
(a) He wants a good salary.
(b) It is the foundation for a political career.
(c) It is the only way he can change his life.
(d) He would like the prestige.

Short Answer Questions

1. Joseph tells Tengo that he can make arrangements for him to finish his education ________________ through the ANC.

2. What does Tengo no longer notice in Johannesburg?

3. Who is the impetus behind Tengo's continuing his education?

4. As Chapter 7 begins, Tengo is in a _________________ mood.

5. What does Tengo now know about Joseph?

(see the answer keys)

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