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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, Section 5, on the road leading to Kijabe Mission, who built the church Mwaura and his passengers drive past?
(a) French.
(b) Germans.
(c) Spainards.
(d) Italians.

2. In Chapter 5, how long does Gatuiria say that he stayed in America?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 15 years.

3. In Chapter 1, Part 2, what do people beg the narrator to reveal?
(a) The murders.
(b) What is concealed by darkness.
(c) The deaths and anguish.
(d) The tragedies.

4. In Chapter 4, Part 2, what weapons does Kihaahu have in his house?
(a) Knives and swords.
(b) Swords and shotguns.
(c) Pistols and shotguns.
(d) 3 rifles and 2 machine guns.

5. In Chapter 5, what is Gatuiria saving for?
(a) To get married.
(b) To get his doctorate degree.
(c) To travel to Europe.
(d) To pay back his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Devil appear to Jacinta Wariinga in Chapter 2, Section 1?

2. In Chapter 3, Section 2, according to the driver, what type of vehicle arrives to take people to Ilmorog?

3. In Chapter 1, Section 1, how do people describe the story the narrator is telling?

4. At the end of Chapter 3, Part 2, what is the matatu compared to?

5. In Chapter 4, Part 2, what was Kihaahu's occupation before Uhuru?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, Part 1, why are representatives from the Organization for Modern Theft and Robbery in Ilmorog?

2. In Chapter 4, Part 2, how is Gitutu wa Gataanguru described?

3. In Chapter 3, Part 2, what does an old man from Bahati village in Nakuru tell Gatuiria about stories?

4. In Chapter 4, Part 1, why is Ndaaya wa Kahuria banned from the competition?

5. In Chapter 5, why did Gatuiria not follow in his father's footsteps?

6. What is Mwaura's vehicle like in Chapter 3, Section 1?

7. In Chapter 5, why did Wariinga quit going to school?

8. In Chapter 3, Part 2, what does Gatuiria say about himself and culture?

9. In Chapter 4, Part 1, what does a servant learn when his master gives him 100,000 shillings?

10. In Chapter 2, Section 2, what does Wariinga say about a girl and a pregnancy in a story she tells?

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