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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. In Chapter 10, what is Wariinga working on?
2. In Chapter 8, how is the person who is arrested bound?
3. In Chapter 8, what does the voice say that he wants to give Wariing in Nakuru?
4. In Chapter 12, what composer does Gatuiria refer to when he recites a quote about music and revolution?
5. In Chapter 10, how many cars does the narrator say Mwaura bought after Wangari, Muturi, and the student leader were detained?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 8, why does Wariinga leave the cave, and what excuse does she give Gatuiria?
2. In Chapter 10, what does the narrator say that Wariinga has decided about herself?
3. In Chapter 8, what does Wariinga dream about?
4. In Chapter 10, where does Wariinga live?
5. In Chapter 9, what is the procession that Wariinga and Gatuiria see?
6. At the end of Chapter 10, what does the narrator reveal about the trial that was held for Muturi, Wangari, and the student leader?
7. Why is Gatuiria ashamed of the party and invitations his parents are sending out to welcome his fiancee?
8. In Chapter 12, how does Wariinga dress?
9. In Chapter 11, how have foreigners taken over Ilmorog?
10. In Chapter 7, how does the master of ceremonies calm down the foreign delegation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Mukiraai’s testimony at the Devil’s feast angers the foreign guests. What is the main idea in Mukiraai’s testimony? What does he reveal about modern theft and the type of theft that Kenyans should embrace? How are his ideas just as corrupt, if not more so, than the ideas of the other thieves?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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