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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. When does Frikkie return to the farm, heartbroken to find that Tengo has gone away to school?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Summer holiday.
(c) Spring break.
(d) New Year's.

2. Why is Tengo mad at Frikkie when he comes for a short vacation at the farm?
(a) Frikkie can run faster than Tengo.
(b) Frikkie weighs more than Tengo.
(c) Frikkie is taller than Tengo.
(d) Frikkie can ride a horse better than Tengo.

3. Who is angry when learning about Tengo's desire to go to school?
(a) Frikkie.
(b) Dr. Miller.
(c) The oubaas.
(d) Mrs. Miller.

4. What does Dr. Miller offer to pay for Tengo?
(a) His meals.
(b) His school books.
(c) His dormitory fee.
(d) His clothing.

5. When schools reopen, they are closed again soon afterward because __________________________.
(a) More protests break out.
(b) There is an influenza epidemic.
(c) A cholera epidemic breaks out.
(d) It is monsoon season.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tengo dreams of going abroad to a place where ____________________________.

2. Tengo has waited for the moment to ________________________.

3. Frikkie learns that Tengo wants to study in ___________________.

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

5. What does a soldier not allow Tengo to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Frikkie and Tengo doin in their lives now that they are seventeen-years-old?

2. What is the source of Tengo's angry moods?

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

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

5. What does Tengo encounter one day when he arrives at school?

6. What does Frikkie have to do after completing his education and what does he learn about Tengo's plans for schooling?

7. Where is Tengo finally allowed to go to school and why does this make the oubaas angry?

8. Why do Dr. and Mrs. Miller encourage Tengo to study art in school?

9. What does Tengo think about what the protesters believe the whites will never allow blacks to have?

10. What reason does the reverend give Tengo on the importance of him continuing his education?

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