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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. Joseph says that black schools teach blacks ___________________________.
(a) How to be good soldiers.
(b) Just enough to do menial jobs.
(c) Agricultural skills.
(d) About black history.

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

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

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

5. Who is the head of the organization Tengo is asked to join?
(a) Nelson Mandela.
(b) Nelson Manson.
(c) Nelson Mankowitz.
(d) Nelson Marzetti.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom will Tengo live while attending school in Johannesburg?

2. Tengo knows that life will be better if blacks ______________________.

3. According to Tengo, the black schools are designed to ____________________________.

4. Why is the person in #56 angry about Tengo's desire to go to school?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tengo act when Frikke comes to the farm for another school vacation?

2. What does Tengo learn about Joseph and the organization with which he is associated?

3. What arises which makes Tengo lose focus on his studies?

4. How does Frikkie adjust to the changes occurring in his world?

5. How does Tengo get caught up in the protests at the school?

6. How does Tengo feel, knowing that he has to make a choice between going to school and protesting for his people?

7. Why is Tengo's need to make a choice a sad and unfair situation?

8. What does Tengo suspect about Joseph who is rarely home these days?

9. With whom does Tengo continue his studies after the schools reopen?

10. How is Dr. Miller starkly different from the oubaas and his wife?

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