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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of group is Tengo asked to join in #129?
(a) A travel group.
(b) A group protesting the government.
(c) A tutoring group.
(d) A study group.

3. What does a soldier not allow Tengo to do?
(a) Stand with his friends.
(b) Enter the school building.
(c) Talk to his teacher.
(d) Leave the schoolyard.

4. What is the greatest need of Tengo's family and friends?
(a) Change.
(b) Food.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) Clothes.

5. Why does Tengo end his relationship with his girlfriend?
(a) She was flirting with other guys.
(b) He is frightened when his cousin becomes pregnant.
(c) She wanted to get married right away.
(d) He wants to devote all his time to study.

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

7. When schools reopen, they are closed again soon afterward because __________________________.
(a) A cholera epidemic breaks out.
(b) There is an influenza epidemic.
(c) It is monsoon season.
(d) More protests break out.

8. Tengo knows that life will be better if blacks ______________________.
(a) Stayed in their place.
(b) Can achieve their goals.
(c) Owned businesses.
(d) Could vote.

9. What becomes a concern for Tengo regarding the student uprisings?
(a) The noise level on the streets.
(b) The blatant use of weapons.
(c) How to avoid the draft.
(d) Which side he should take.

10. How old is Frikkie in Chapter 10?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 22.

11. One day, Tengo arrives at school to find ______________________.
(a) A television crew.
(b) Military men.
(c) Fire trucks.
(d) Frikkie and his uncle.

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

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

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

15. What do the Millers encourage Tengo to study in school?
(a) Biology.
(b) Geology.
(c) Art.
(d) Math.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tengo feel about Joseph's offer?

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

3. Where does Tengo want to go to school?

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

5. What advice is Tengo given by the reverend?

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