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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. What are the people Tengo finds at the school when he arrives doing?

2. Where does Frikkie go for a brief vacation after his military training?

3. What does Joseph offer to Tengo?

4. Why does Tengo's mother want him to return to the farm?

5. Why was Tengo unable to write his matriculation exam?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Tengo spend his school breaks studying with the help of a local preacher?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Create a character study of Dr. Miller. What are his physical characteristics? What are his motivations? What are his fears? What are his dreams? What else can you say about Dr. Miller?

Essay Topic 3

Choose three characters from the book and then project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for their lives. Be sure to include geography, marital status, work, socialization, etc.

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