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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ngotho's employer's wife who is described as being too thin?
(a) Mwihaki.
(b) Memsahib.
(c) Juliana.
(d) Njeri.

2. For whom did the Kenyans fight in the second Big War?
(a) The Italians.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) The British.
(d) The French.

3. With whom does Njoroge associate Adam from the Bible?
(a) Gikuyu.
(b) Mumbi.
(c) Kihii.
(d) Kipanga.

4. Which of Boro's friends comes to push for and discuss the strike at Njoroge's home in Chapter 6?
(a) Kiarie.
(b) Kihii.
(c) Memsahib.
(d) Nganga.

5. When was Jomo Kenyatta born?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1919.

6. Who does Njoroge realize the European woman was who came to his English class in Chapter 5?
(a) Mr. Howland's daughter.
(b) Kori's fiancee.
(c) Isaka's wife.
(d) Ngotho's adoptive mother.

7. What does Nyokabi tell Njoroge she will buy him when his father gets paid in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) A calico.
(b) A pair of pants and a suit jacket.
(c) A shirt and a pair of shorts.
(d) A pair of pants and a sweater.

8. What does the narrator say the Indians called Gandhi in Chapter 1?
(a) Bomet.
(b) Nandi.
(c) Babu.
(d) Narok.

9. What is Kamau apprenticeshipping to become in Chapter 1?
(a) A miller.
(b) A tailor.
(c) A baker.
(d) A carpenter.

10. What is the answer when the teachers asks of the sound "U-u-u-u-u-u" "What animal says this?" (34)?
(a) A sheep.
(b) A cow.
(c) A dog.
(d) A chicken.

11. Who says of Jomo in Chapter 9, "It knew he would lose. I always said that all white men are the same. His lawyers must have been bribed" (74)?
(a) Kihii.
(b) Nyokabi.
(c) Isaka.
(d) Kori.

12. Where is Mr. Howlands from?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Australia.
(d) The United States.

13. What oath does the narrator say Ngotho would not take at his son's hand or instruction in Chapter 8?
(a) The Anyanya oath.
(b) The Mau Mau oath.
(c) The Abyei oath.
(d) The Anzaniya oath.

14. What word in Chapter 6 refers to the Government?
(a) Serikali.
(b) Kihii.
(c) Thingira.
(d) Kiarie.

15. What word does the teacher use to demonstrate the sound for "e" in Chapter 4?
(a) See.
(b) Peter.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the term "Ihii cia mutitu" mean (68)?

2. What is the name of God's tree in the creation story related by Ngotho in Chapter 2?

3. What word from the "Interlude" means freedom?

4. Jacobo is said to be the first black man allowed to grow what crop in the area?

5. How does Njoroge end up in Mwihaki's class in Chapter 4?

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