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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Abdulla tell stories?
(a) How he found his donkey
(b) He he traveled around the world
(c) How he lost his leg in battle
(d) How he seduced the most beautiful woman in Kenya

2. What does Karega propose to the elders?
(a) They journey to the city to appeal to the MP.
(b) They kill a goat instead of the donkey.
(c) They do a rain dance.
(d) They steal water from another village.

3. Who did the Indian man get into trouble?
(a) A Kenyan girl
(b) A Kenyan family
(c) A Kenyan goat
(d) A Kenyan man

4. For what does Munira criticize his father?
(a) His lack of education
(b) His hypocrisy
(c) His attitude towards his children
(d) His exploitation of his workers

5. Who tells the story of Ndemi?
(a) Wanja
(b) Nyakinyua
(c) Karega
(d) Siriana

6. How was Munira's old school friend killed?
(a) He was tortured.
(b) He was shot.
(c) He was drowned.
(d) He was hanged.

7. Where were the three men murdered?
(a) Assaiu
(b) Washington
(c) Nairobi
(d) Ilmorog

8. Why does Abdulla's donkey become respected in this chapter?
(a) It refuses food.
(b) It never complains.
(c) It encourages rain to fall.
(d) It pulls the cart and carries people.

9. What did the villagers blame for the bad crops?
(a) Wanja's disappearance
(b) Abdulla's donkey
(c) Karega's sudden appearance
(d) Munira's school

10. Where was the Indian man killed?
(a) In the Indian embassy
(b) In the pacific ocean
(c) In a police station
(d) In the Ilmorog forest

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

12. What does Munira offer Karega?
(a) A place to stay for the night
(b) Money
(c) His wife
(d) His friendship

13. What was particularly bad the year Wanja left?
(a) Riots
(b) Working conditions
(c) Drinking water
(d) The weather

14. What is the name of Munira's home city?
(a) Limerick
(b) Limuru
(c) Jiyto
(d) Nairobi

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what have the green fields been replaced?

2. What does Wanja say she found on fire at her house?

3. Where is the officer from?

4. Of what group were the three men prominent members?

5. At what school was Munira Karega's teacher?

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