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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the teacher that teaches Njoroge's class English in Chapter 5?
(a) Isaka.
(b) Kamau.
(c) Lucia.
(d) Mwangi.

2. What term from the novel refers to a man's habitation, such as the one belonging to Njoroge's father?
(a) Thingira.
(b) Nganga.
(c) Kipanga.
(d) Kihii.

3. Who does Njoroge realize the European woman was who came to his English class in Chapter 5?
(a) Kori's fiancee.
(b) Mr. Howland's daughter.
(c) Isaka's wife.
(d) Ngotho's adoptive mother.

4. Who is the big son of Jacobo?
(a) Ngotho.
(b) John.
(c) Isaka.
(d) Njeri.

5. What is Kamau apprenticeshipping to become in Chapter 1?
(a) A baker.
(b) A tailor.
(c) A miller.
(d) A carpenter.

6. What grade are Njoroge and Mwihaki in when the begin to learn English in Chapter 5?
(a) Standard VI.
(b) Standard III.
(c) Standard IV.
(d) Standard V.

7. Jacobo is said to be the first black man allowed to grow what crop in the area?
(a) Black tea.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Pyrethrum.
(d) Green tea.

8. When did Jomo Kenyatta serve as Kenya's Prime Minister?
(a) 1965-1972.
(b) 1960-1962.
(c) 1963-1964.
(d) 1942-1959.

9. Who is Lucia's mother?
(a) Mwihaki.
(b) Nganga.
(c) Memsahib.
(d) Juliana.

10. Where is Mr. Howlands from?
(a) Australia.
(b) France.
(c) The United States.
(d) England.

11. What does Mwihaki discover when she rushes home to announced she has passed in school in Chapter 7?
(a) That her father has been attacked.
(b) That her father has been promoted.
(c) That her father has been exiled.
(d) That her father has been murdered.

12. Who is Ngotho's employer's wife who is described as being too thin?
(a) Njeri.
(b) Mwihaki.
(c) Juliana.
(d) Memsahib.

13. What word from the "Interlude" means freedom?
(a) Memsahib.
(b) Wiyathi.
(c) Kiarie.
(d) Mucatha.

14. Which of Boro's friends comes to push for and discuss the strike at Njoroge's home in Chapter 6?
(a) Memsahib.
(b) Kiarie.
(c) Nganga.
(d) Kihii.

15. Where is Karanja from?
(a) Kipanga.
(b) Kihii.
(c) Ndeiya.
(d) Nairobi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the local town that is described in Chapter 1?

2. What is the verb in the sentence used by the teacher to demonstrate person in Chapter 5?

3. How long has it been since Njoroge first began school when Chapter 7 begins?

4. What did Ngotho pay for his son to become an apprentice to the village carpenter?

5. Who leads Njoroge to school on his first day in Chapter 2?

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