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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 is Gatuiria's job at the university?

2. In Chapter 3, Part 2, how much does Muturi say that contracts were worth that his employer received?

3. What happens to Nding'uri in a story in Chapter 3, Part 2?

4. In Chapter 5, what does Gatuiria say that his father is?

5. In Chapter 3, Section 4, how much land does Wangari say that she lost to pay back a loan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 4, Part 2, how does Kihaahu describe himself?

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

4. Who begs Gicaandi to tell his story in Chapter 1, Section 2?

5. At the end of Chapter 3, Part 2, what story does Mwireri wa Mukiraai tell?

6. In Chapter 5, what do Wariinga and Gatuiria do at the New Ilmorog Butchery?

7. At the end of Chapter 2, Section 3, what is Wariinga invited to?

8. How does Gitutu make his first money?

9. In Chapter 3, Section 4, what happens when Wangari says she does not have money to pay her fare?

10. In Chapter 4, Part 1, what are the rules of the competition?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the voice use blood as a metaphor? What does the metaphor illustrate regarding how the poor of Kenya are exploited and their labor used to make foreigners wealthy?

Essay Topic 2

How do the workers, students, and peasants unite? Why is it important that they work together and have an organized resistance to the corruption?

Essay Topic 3

Several characters ride in a matatu to Ilmorog. Who are the passengers in the matatu? In what way are the passengers archetypes and representative of people in Kenyan society?

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