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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Frikkie learns that Tengo wants to study in ___________________.
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) Canada.
(d) America.

2. What is the name of the group Tengo is asked to join?
(a) JLC.
(b) ANC.
(c) MMC.
(d) TVC.

3. What is Claire's proposed occupation?
(a) Chef.
(b) Professor.
(c) Architect.
(d) Lawyer.

4. Who pays for Tengo's train ticket?
(a) The school master.
(b) The oubaas.
(c) His father.
(d) Dr. Miller.

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

6. Where does Frikkie go for a brief vacation after his military training?
(a) The Bahamas.
(b) Fiji.
(c) The farm.
(d) The Seychelles.

7. What advice is Tengo given by the reverend?
(a) Pray for help.
(b) Attend church more often.
(c) Continue his education.
(d) Find a nice girl and get married.

8. What are the people Tengo finds at the school when he arrives doing?
(a) Waiting for Tengo.
(b) Fighting a fire.
(c) Shooting film for a newscast.
(d) Trying to squash a protest.

9. What occurs at the farm to threaten its survival?
(a) Cholera outbreak.
(b) Monsoon.
(c) A drought.
(d) Grasshopper storms.

10. What does Joseph think that blacks should do?
(a) Marry white people.
(b) Take back what was theirs all along.
(c) Get the best education possible.
(d) Maintain a low profile.

11. Why does Frikkie want life to stay the same?
(a) He has never known anything else.
(b) He has learned it from his friends.
(c) He likes feeling superior.
(d) He makes good money now.

12. What exam does Frikkie complete?
(a) Matriculation.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Biology.

13. Tengo no longer has to choose between his people and _________________.
(a) Money.
(b) Status.
(c) Religion.
(d) Himself.

14. Tengo also feels _______________ at the beginning of Chapter 7.
(a) Sorrowful.
(b) Angry.
(c) Excited.
(d) Joyful.

15. What does Tengo now know about Joseph?
(a) He is gay.
(b) He is working against the government.
(c) He is engaged to be married.
(d) He has committed a crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which friend of Tengo's asks him to join a group?

2. How many years does Tengo study before taking his first break?

3. How old is Frikkie in Chapter 10?

4. What does Tengo think when Joseph is gone so often from home?

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

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