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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What makes Tengo hesitate when he arrives at school that day?
(a) He tries to decide which side he should choose.
(b) He wonders if people are in the building.
(c) He doesn't want to be on camera.
(d) He doesn't feel well and wants to return home.

4. What does Tengo no longer notice in Johannesburg?
(a) The sounds of the city.
(b) Street lamps.
(c) Crowded streets.
(d) Traffic jams.

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

6. What event has made Tengo acutely aware of the inequality between blacks and whites?
(a) He is not paid for the work he does.
(b) The kitchen confrontation with Frikkie's cousin.
(c) He has different books than the white boys have.
(d) He is not allowed in some restaurants.

7. Where does Tengo want to go to school?
(a) Adelaide.
(b) Queenstown.
(c) Port St. Johns.
(d) Johannesburg.

8. Why does Tengo desperately want an education?
(a) It is the only way he can change his life.
(b) It is the foundation for a political career.
(c) He would like the prestige.
(d) He wants a good salary.

9. What does Tengo think about the student protesters suggestion?
(a) He is against it.
(b) He wants to get some other opinions.
(c) He agrees with some of it.
(d) He fully supports it.

10. Tengo is faced with making a choice that leaves him indecisive and __________________.
(a) Anxious.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Angry.
(d) Depressed.

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

12. Who does Tengo spend time during breaks to study?
(a) A paid tutor.
(b) Dr. Miller.
(c) A local preacher.
(d) Claire.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does ANC stand for?

2. Who pays for Tengo's train ticket?

3. What has Tengo suspected about Joseph for some time?

4. What is Tengo's first stop once he arrives in Johannesburg?

5. When schools reopen, they are closed again soon afterward because __________________________.

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