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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters One through Five.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What building material did Njombo refuse to use?
(a) Iron nails.
(b) Bricks.
(c) Wooden boards.
(d) Cement.

2. Who had once killed a lion at the meeting place of the two rivers?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) Vladimir Lenin.
(c) Winston Churchill.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

3. What was Robin's primary goal in his travels?
(a) Finding precious stones and metals.
(b) Getting a government job.
(c) Running a ranch.
(d) Farming.

4. What did Robin agree to pay for the work?
(a) Lamps.
(b) Coffee beans.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Goats.

5. What did Juma falsely claim the Kikuyu ate?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Lizards.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Human corpses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Elspeth say she wanted more than anything?

2. With what did the natives think the Europeans created light at night?

3. Who was given the nickname Bad Hat?

4. What are siafu?

5. About how many miles a day could the oxen handle?

(see the answer key)

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