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

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

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 financially to further his study

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

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"

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

Leaving: Aloo stopped by London on his way to America because

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Leaving:
"All the rich kids go every year and they are not lost."

Who said that?

Mr Datoo

Mother

Aloo

Aloo's sister

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Leaving:
What kind of offer did Aloo receive from the California Institute of Technology?

He received an offer to study Medicine without a scholarship

He received an offer to become a lecturer for Agriculture course

He received an offer to study Medicine with a scholarship

He received an offer to study Agriculture with a scholarship

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Leaving:
What did Aloo think he could do in America to collect money?

He could work in a shopping mall or something

He could work in a restaurant or something

He could work in a petrol station or something

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Leaving:
Who was Mr Velji?

A principal

A prefect

A school officer

A school counsellor

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Leaving:
Why did Aloo write to universities in America?

To get marriage proposals

To get their prospectuses

To get job offers from them

To get scholarships

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Leaving:
Mother sold her shop so her children could focus on studies. This shows that Mother...

did not like parting with her children

worried about the future of her children

wanted the best for her children

was very intelligent

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Leaving:
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

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Leaving [M. S. Vassanji] - Form 4

Leaving:
"All the rich kids go every year and they are not lost."

Who said that?

Leaving:
What kind of offer did Aloo receive from the California Institute of Technology?

Leaving:
What did Aloo think he could do in America to collect money?

Leaving:
Who was Mr Velji?

Leaving:
Why did Aloo write to universities in America?

Leaving:
Mother sold her shop so her children could focus on studies. This shows that Mother...

Leaving:
Mother did not remarry because...

Leaving:
Aloo's sister said that Mr Velji had a large head, which looked like...

Leaving:
Aloo had _______ sisters

Leaving:
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Leaving [M. S. Vassanji] - Form 4

Leaving:"All the rich kids go every year and they are not lost."Who said that?

Leaving:What kind of offer did Aloo receive from the California Institute of Technology?

Leaving:What did Aloo think he could do in America to collect money?

Leaving:Who was Mr Velji?

Leaving:Why did Aloo write to universities in America?

Leaving:Mother sold her shop so her children could focus on studies. This shows that Mother...

Leaving:Mother did not remarry because...

Leaving:Aloo's sister said that Mr Velji had a large head, which looked like...

Leaving:Aloo had _______ sisters

Leaving:The story happened in

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Leaving:
"All the rich kids go every year and they are not lost."

Who said that?

Leaving:
What kind of offer did Aloo receive from the California Institute of Technology?

Leaving:
What did Aloo think he could do in America to collect money?

Leaving:
Who was Mr Velji?

Leaving:
Why did Aloo write to universities in America?

Leaving:
Mother sold her shop so her children could focus on studies. This shows that Mother...

Leaving:
Mother did not remarry because...

Leaving:
Aloo's sister said that Mr Velji had a large head, which looked like...

Leaving:
Aloo had _______ sisters

Leaving:
The story happened in