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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Frikkie treated with so much respect on the farm?
(a) He is very generous.
(b) He is very smart.
(c) He will inherit the farm one day.
(d) He is white.

2. Why is Tengo confused about Frikkie's attitude about not wanting to go back to school?
(a) He cannot attend school.
(b) You can take field trips.
(c) You can make many friends there.
(d) Tengo really likes going to school.

3. How many children has Tengo's mother lost?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

4. What is in the box that arrives for Tengo?
(a) Books.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Medicine.

5. Where does Frikkie go when he reluctantly leaves the farm?
(a) Back to school.
(b) To his uncle's factory.
(c) To his godfather's house.
(d) On a family holiday.

6. Why are Tengo's parents reluctant to let him go to school?
(a) They don't want him to know more than they do.
(b) His sister died there.
(c) They don't have much money.
(d) They need his help at home.

7. What is biltong?
(a) A cloak.
(b) Cured meat.
(c) A flower.
(d) A tree.

8. What does the man in #22 often provide to his employees?
(a) Food.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Shelter.
(d) Medical care.

9. What is Tengo's ethnicity?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Asian.
(d) Hispanic.

10. Who is Joseph's mother's employer?
(a) Dr. David Miller.
(b) Mr. Matthew Esquire.
(c) Squire Harold Pinkington.
(d) Mrs. Hermione Griswald.

11. What does Tengo do when Frikkie and the oubaas have their tea?
(a) Wash dishes.
(b) Butcher chickens.
(c) Sweep the house.
(d) Shoo away flies.

12. What do Tengo and Frikkie do at the river?
(a) Build a raft.
(b) Swim.
(c) Skip rocks.
(d) Fish.

13. Who is Tengo?
(a) The son of the farm's boss-boy.
(b) A chef.
(c) A chauffeur.
(d) A farmer.

14. At first, Frikkie's _________________ sister can read faster than Tengo can.
(a) Six-year-old.
(b) Three-year-old.
(c) Five-year-old.
(d) Four-year-old.

15. What is the meaning of kleinbaas?
(a) Young master.
(b) Long journey.
(c) Master baker.
(d) Confusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tengo think about white men after reading some books?

2. In the oubaas' story, Tengo's ancestors are made out to be __________________.

3. Where does Joseph live?

4. What name does the girl call the man who cleans up the mess at the party?

5. At what age did Tengo and Frikkie become friends?

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