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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Frikkie give the girls to assure that they don't tell anyone about Tengo's outburst?
(a) Money.
(b) Champagne.
(c) A book.
(d) A prize marble.

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

5. What does Frikkie ask Tengo to get from his bedroom one day?
(a) His marbles.
(b) His dominos.
(c) His knife.
(d) His hat.

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

7. Where is Tengo when Frikkie tries to find him to say goodbye?
(a) In bed with a fever.
(b) The next village.
(c) A neighboring farm.
(d) The library.

8. Tengo's ancestors declared war on which group of people?
(a) The Masai.
(b) The Durhams.
(c) The Kidus.
(d) The Boers.

9. In the oubaas' story, Tengo's ancestors are made out to be __________________.
(a) Patriots.
(b) Educators.
(c) Killers.
(d) Warriors.

10. What is a kraal?
(a) A pastry.
(b) A bird.
(c) A stockade.
(d) A plant.

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

12. Where does Joseph live?
(a) Kareedouw.
(b) Queenstown.
(c) Johannesburg.
(d) Adelaide.

13. What does Tengo's mother ask Joseph's mother to send?
(a) Recipes.
(b) Money.
(c) Books for Tengo.
(d) Cotton fabrics.

14. Who is Sissie?
(a) Frikkie's mother.
(b) Tengo's teacher.
(c) Frikkie's sister.
(d) Frikkie's school mate.

15. Who is Oom Koos?
(a) A metal worker.
(b) The oubaas.
(c) A fisherman.
(d) A shopkeeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Timothy?

2. What happened to Tengo's older sister when she was away at school?

3. What does Frikkie's cousin drop on the floor during the party?

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

5. Why is Tengo confused about Frikkie's attitude about not wanting to go back to school?

(see the answer keys)

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