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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which friend of Tengo's asks him to join a group?

2. Why does Tengo study during his breaks?

3. What is the nature of the student protests?

4. Life staying familiar is ____________________ for Frikkie.

5. What does Joseph think that blacks should do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What do the oubaas notice about Tengo's mood in Chapter 7?

7. Why does Tengo end his relationship with Emma?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the role of the family in the book What does it mean for some of the characters? How does the family evolve in its support of each other? How are some of the families fractured? Give examples.

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the book's title? What are some other possible titles for the book? List at least five and cite your reasons for each.

Essay Topic 3

What is the overall setting for the stories in the book? Be sure to include geography, time period and any pertinent popular culture events. Why did Gordon choose to use these places in the stories?

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