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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a metal horse?
(a) A car
(b) A scooter
(c) A slow horse
(d) A bicycle

2. What does Munira need at his school?
(a) Glue
(b) More paper
(c) Pencils
(d) An extra teacher

3. Which of the following did Karega sell by the roadside?
(a) Spears
(b) Sheepskins
(c) Ivory
(d) Tigerskins

4. What is the name of the Kenyan rebel group?
(a) Oui Oui
(b) Mau Mau
(c) KSC
(d) Jo Jo

5. Whose arrival cheered up Abdulla?
(a) Wanja's
(b) Karega's
(c) Joseph's
(d) Munira's

6. What does Wanja say she found on fire at her house?
(a) Her clothes
(b) Her wardrobe
(c) Her chest of drawers
(d) Her door

7. What does Karega want to send to the MP?
(a) Cakes
(b) A bomb
(c) Pictures of how thin the children are
(d) A people's delegation

8. Who marched towards the police station?
(a) The workers
(b) Munira's parents
(c) Ilmorog villagers
(d) Students of Ilmorog school

9. To whom did Munira lose his virginity?
(a) A school friend
(b) A prostitute
(c) A teacher
(d) A chamber maid

10. How were the three victims murdered?
(a) Strangled
(b) Shot
(c) Drowned
(d) Burned to death

11. Which character falls ill during the journey?
(a) Karega
(b) Joseph
(c) Munira
(d) Wanja

12. Which part of Abdulla's body is bandaged?
(a) His foot
(b) His hand
(c) His cheek
(d) His leg

13. Where does Wanja work?
(a) The fields
(b) The school
(c) Abdulla's shop
(d) A nearby factory

14. Why does Munira want a pen and paper?
(a) To write a poem
(b) To write a diary
(c) To write a letter
(d) To write down his statement

15. Why do the elders want to kill the donkey?
(a) To end the drought
(b) For fun
(c) For food
(d) For a religious ceremony

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Wanja and Munira meet in one of the bars where they drink?

2. What was particularly bad the year Wanja left?

3. What does Karega propose to the elders?

4. How did Mukami die?

5. What does KCO stand for?

(see the answer keys)

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