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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tengo no longer notice in Johannesburg?
(a) Traffic jams.
(b) Street lamps.
(c) The sounds of the city.
(d) Crowded streets.

2. What does Tengo think about white men after reading some books?
(a) They have twisted history to suit their needs.
(b) They are not very good writers.
(c) They are more inventive than other people.
(d) They make good authority figures.

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

4. When does Frikkie return to the farm, heartbroken to find that Tengo has gone away to school?
(a) Summer holiday.
(b) Spring break.
(c) New Year's.
(d) Christmas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Joseph live?

2. Life staying familiar is ____________________ for Frikkie.

3. How old is Frikkie in Chapter 10?

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

5. Tengo no longer has to choose between his people and _________________.

(see the answer key)

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