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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tengo study during his breaks?
(a) To make new friends.
(b) To avoid going home.
(c) To pass his entrance exams.
(d) To catch up with other students his age.

2. Why does Frikkie have to wait after his school years to return to the farm permanently?
(a) He needs a specialized degree.
(b) He wants to travel internationally.
(c) He is forced to serve two years in the army.
(d) He wants to teach for awhile.

3. What has Tengo suspected about Joseph for some time?
(a) He has a second job.
(b) He is working against the government.
(c) He has a girlfriend.
(d) He is cutting classes.

4. According to Tengo, some of his friends and family believe that the white man will never allow blacks to have ____________________________.
(a) Cars.
(b) Homes.
(c) Voting rights.
(d) The kind of education they deserve.

5. How does Tengo feel about the inequality between blacks and whites?
(a) Angry.
(b) Accepting.
(c) Resigned.
(d) Anxious.

6. What is unique about the choice Tengo has to make?
(a) Frikkie would never have to make it.
(b) Tengo is leading the initiative.
(c) Tengo is too young to make the choice.
(d) Tengo must make the choice for his family.

7. What does ANC stand for?
(a) Artists Never Compromise.
(b) African National Congress.
(c) African Nationalists Convention.
(d) African Naval Commission.

8. What does Tengo think when Joseph is gone so often from home?
(a) He is practicing soccer.
(b) He is involved with student protests.
(c) He is spending time with his girlfriend.
(d) He is studying at the library.

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

10. Who is the oubaas' current boss-boy?
(a) Tengo's father.
(b) Frikkie's father.
(c) Tengo's uncle.
(d) Frikkie's uncle.

11. Why does Tengo's mother want him to return to the farm?
(a) To visit.
(b) To help his father.
(c) To take over the farm.
(d) To tutor the young children.

12. Tengo is aware of his mother's ___________________ at his departure.
(a) Joy.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Anger.
(d) Unhappiness.

13. How many years does Frikkie have to wait after his school years until he can return to the farm permanently?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 1.

14. Why is Tengo happy about the chance to continue his education?
(a) He will get a travel gift from his family.
(b) He will be able to stay in Johannesburg.
(c) It is all he has ever wanted.
(d) He will be able to run the farm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of community does Claire tell Tengo she has created?

2. What do many of the student protesters suggest for the students?

3. What job does Tengo do for the Millers?

4. Why does Tengo desperately want an education?

5. What do the Millers encourage Tengo to study in school?

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