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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frikkie have difficulty in accepting when he realizes that Tengo is gone?
(a) Farm work.
(b) Change.
(c) Jobs.
(d) Politics.

2. Whom does Frikkie's cousin order to clean up the mess on the floor at the party?
(a) Ezekiel.
(b) Ellis.
(c) Isaiah.
(d) Ezra.

3. What event has made Tengo acutely aware of the inequality between blacks and whites?
(a) He has different books than the white boys have.
(b) The kitchen confrontation with Frikkie's cousin.
(c) He is not allowed in some restaurants.
(d) He is not paid for the work he does.

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

5. What does Tengo give to Dr. and Mrs. Miller in appreciation for the books they had sent him?
(a) Clay sculptures.
(b) Fresh figs.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tengo's ethnicity?

2. Who is afraid that the threat will ruin the farm?

3. What animal has Tengo crafted out of clay?

4. What is Tengo's attitude about his life right now?

5. Who does Tengo spend time during breaks to study?

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