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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Frikkie's cousin drop on the floor during the party?
(a) A piece of cake.
(b) A tray of hors 'doeuvre.
(c) A cup of punch.
(d) A champagne glass.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tengo's attitude about his life right now?

2. How many children has Tengo's mother lost?

3. At first, Frikkie's _________________ sister can read faster than Tengo can.

4. After reading some books, how does Tengo begin to think about Oom Koos and Frikkie?

5. What does Tengo do when Frikkie and the oubaas have their tea?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Frikkie?

2. How are the differences between blacks and whites exhibited in the characters of Frikkie and Tengo?

3. Why is it frustrating for Tengo to read the textbooks given to him by his aunt's employer?

4. Why is Frikkie given so much respect on his uncle's farm?

5. Why is Tengo not permitted to attend school and how does he feel about that?

6. In what story does Tengo see that the white man has twisted history to suit his own needs?

7. How do the oubaas twist the story of the Great Trek told to Frikkie and Tengo?

8. Who is Joseph?

9. Who is Tengo?

10. How easily does Tengo pick up the skill of reading?

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