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- 1. Multiple Choice
Leaving:
"All the rich kids go every year and they are not lost."
Who said that?
Mr Datoo
Mother
Aloo
Aloo's sister
- 2. Multiple ChoiceLeaving:
What kind of offer did Aloo receive from the California Institute of Technology?He received an offer to study Medicine without a scholarshipHe received an offer to become a lecturer for Agriculture courseHe received an offer to study Medicine with a scholarshipHe received an offer to study Agriculture with a scholarship - 3. Multiple ChoiceLeaving:
What did Aloo think he could do in America to collect money?He could work in a shopping mall or somethingHe could work in a restaurant or somethingHe could work in a petrol station or something - 4. Multiple ChoiceLeaving:
Who was Mr Velji?A principalA prefectA school officerA school counsellor - 5. Multiple ChoiceLeaving:
Why did Aloo write to universities in America?To get marriage proposalsTo get their prospectusesTo get job offers from themTo get scholarships - 6. Multiple ChoiceLeaving:
Mother sold her shop so her children could focus on studies. This shows that Mother...did not like parting with her childrenworried about the future of her childrenwanted the best for her childrenwas very intelligent - 7. Multiple ChoiceLeaving:
Mother did not remarry because......the children did not want to have a new father...the children from the first marriage had to be sent to a children's home...no one asked her to marry them...she had to leave Upanga - 8. Multiple ChoiceLeaving:
Aloo's sister said that Mr Velji had a large head, which looked like...a footballa rugby ballan egga shoe box - 9. Multiple ChoiceLeaving:
Aloo had _______ sistersFourThreeTwoFive - 10. Multiple ChoiceLeaving:
The story happened inUgandaUnited KingdomThe United StatesTanzania - 11. Multiple Choice
Leaving:
Who narrates the story?
Aloo
Aloo's sister
Aloo's mother
Mr Velji
- 12. Multiple Choice
Leaving:
Why did Aloo's brother, Firoz not finish with his schooling?
Aloo's brother did not excel in his study
Aloo's brother wanted to help his mother to earn money for the family
Aloo's brother wanted to get married early
Aloo's brother has to support Aloo's family
- 13. Multiple Choice
Leaving:
Why did Mr Datoo well-favored by Aloo's and his friends?
Mr Datoo was a former teacher who has gone to America
Mr Datoo was a handsome teacher at Aloo's school
Mr Datoo was famous among the female students
Mr Datoo was getting married to his former student
- 14. Multiple Choice
Leaving:
"Your uncles in America will pay money just to send you to college"
Aloo's mother was hoping that
Aloo's uncles would help Aloo to pay for his university fees
Aloo's uncles would help her to pay for her family expenses
Aloo's uncles would help Aloo's sister with her tuition fees
Aloo's uncles would help Aloo financially to further his study
- 15. Multiple Choice
Leaving:
"The real cost of sending Aloo to America might be more than three thousand shillings."
Which of the following excerpt related to the above statement?
"And what about the plane ticket? Are they going to send you a ticket too?"
"He only needs to take four hundred dollars spending money with him"
"And how are we going to get three thousand shillings?"
"I will work in America. Yes, I will work in a restaurant or something - I know students can do that"
- 16. Multiple Choice
Leaving:
"And why do you want to go away, so far from us? What kind of son are you? You want to leave me and go away to a foreign place? Won't you miss us? Are we so unimportant to you? If something happen...."
When Aloo's mother said that to Aloo, it shows that
Aloo's mother was angry and feeling despair
Aloo's mother was feeling desperate and hopeful
Aloo's mother was relented and feeling hopeless
Aloo's mother was receptive and open-minded
- 17. Multiple Choice
Leaving:
What does "A children's home" mean?
An orphanage
An orphenage
An orphanege
An orphenege
- 18. Multiple Choice
Leaving:
Aloo stopped by London on his way to America because
he wanted to visit his friend
he wanted to travel to Britain first before going to America
he wanted to show off to his mother and sister
he felt excited to travel to Europe before going to America
- 19. Multiple Choice
Leaving: [Bonus question]
Why does California Institute of Technology is considered as a famous college in America?
It has famous academicians, alumni and researchers who were and are recipients of Nobel Laureate award
It is one of the ivy leagues universities in America
It is often ranked as one of the world's top-ten universities
Albert Einstein was a visiting professor in 1931 and 1932
- 20. Multiple Choice
Leaving:
Why did Aloo feel '"an exciting new world was waiting for him out there"?
Aloo felt that he could explore many new things if he further his study abroad
Alooo felt that his mother was afraid of changes
Aloo felt bored with his current environment
Aloo felt desperate to meet his friend in London
- 21. Multiple Choice
Leaving:
Why did Aloo not interested in studying agriculture at a local university in Dar es Salaam?
He wanted to have a job in the city after graduation
He wanted to be a modern farmer
He did not want to live in urban area
He wanted to be a teacher
- 22. Multiple Choice
Leaving:
"Mother was not made of stone"
The sentence means that
Mother was emphatic with Aloo's hopes and wishes and thus, she was sad because she was not able to fulfill his wishes due to financial constraint
Mother was determined of not letting Aloo to further his study in America
Mother was not willing to reconsider her decision that she has made before
Mother had thought about the pros and cons of letting Aloo to further his study in America and she was firm with her decision
- 23. Multiple Choice
Leaving:
Why did Mr Velji advise Aloo's mother that she might lose Aloo if she allows him to go to America?
He was emphatic with Aloo and his mother predicament and thus he acknowledged and understood Aloo's mother concern to forbid Aloo to further his study abroad
He was skeptical with Aloo's decision to leave his mother to go overseas because he believed that Aloo should not leave his mother alone
He was amazed that Aloo's mother was against Aloo's decision to further his study abroad because it was a good opportunity for Aloo to widen up his experience and exposure
He was concerned that Aloo's mother would be left alone if Aloo went to America
- 24. Multiple Choice
Leaving:
Why did Aloo and his mother went to meet Mr Velji?
Aloo's mother respected his opinion
Aloo was a former student at Mr Velji's school
Mr Velji was a fomer teacher at Aloo's school who has been to America
Mr Velji was an old flame of Aloo's mother
- 25. Multiple Choice
Leaving:
Aloo's mother was sad when her oldest daughters got married and left home. She did not like the thought of Aloo going so far away to study.
This shows that
Aloo's mother did not like to be separated from her children
Aloo's sister might experience empty nest syndrome
Aloo's mother was helpless without her eldest children
Aloo's mother depended too much on her eldest children
- 26. Multiple Choice
Leaving:
"Mother's hopes were now on the youngest two of us, Aloo and me"
The above sentence means that
The persona realised that her mother depended on both of them, her and Aloo now after her eldest sibling got married and settled down in the city
The persona realised that her mother hoped that she and Aloo would not leave her alone
Aloo's mother wanted her children to be wealthy and prosperous
Aloo's mother did not want her children to help her at the family shop and thus she sold the shop
- 27. Multiple Choice
Leaving:
When Aloo said that he promised that he would not smoke, drink or get married to a white woman, it shows that he was
an obedient and dutiful son
an honest son
a determined person
a resourceful person
- 28. Multiple Choice
Leaving:
Why do you think that it would be difficult to study at university without a scholarship?
The cost of tertiary level education is expensive depending on the course and university ranking or status
The university has to pay a lot to hire university lecturers with a PhD degree
The university has expensive facilities that students can use
It is not easy to get a scholarship to study at university because sometimes students have to make study loan instead
- 29. Multiple Choice
Leaving:
Why did Aloo's mother do not take Aloo's plan to further his study at America seriously?
She thought that Aloo might not be able to get the reply from the university
She thought that Aloo might change his mind later on
She knew that Aloo has got a place at the local university to further his study
She knew that Aloo wanted to study at a local university like her sister
- 30. Multiple Choice
Leaving:
What does "A bird flying high and free" means?
It refers to a state where a person is free and has freedom to do anything as he pleases
It refers to someone who is able to fly like a bird in the sky
It refers to someone who can fly by a plane to go to any place that he/she wants
It refers to someone who finally can fly high and free
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