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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) Lucia.
(c) Kamau.
(d) Mwangi.

2. 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.

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

4. Who leads Njoroge to school on his first day in Chapter 2?
(a) Memsahib.
(b) Lucia.
(c) Isaka.
(d) Mwihaki.

5. Who is Suzannah's first child?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Peter.
(d) Jason.

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

7. Where has the chief been killed in the "Interlude"?
(a) Kamau.
(b) Nyumba.
(c) Murang'a.
(d) Kipanga.

8. Exactly how much later does the narrator describe the "Interlude" taking place?
(a) Three and a half years later.
(b) One and a half years later.
(c) Four and a half years later.
(d) Two and a half years later.

9. Who is the big daughter of Jacobo?
(a) Memsahib.
(b) Lucia.
(c) Njeri.
(d) Nyokabi.

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

11. With whom does Njoroge associate Adam from the Bible?
(a) Kihii.
(b) Gikuyu.
(c) Kipanga.
(d) Mumbi.

12. According to Karanja's story in Chapter 8, at what time did Dedan Kimathi say he would visit the police station in Nyeri?
(a) 10:30 a.m.
(b) 3:30 p.m.
(c) 2:10 p.m.
(d) 9:00 a.m.

13. What has Jacobo chosen to do after the incident at the strike meeting in Chapter 7?
(a) To have Ngotho's family exiled from the village.
(b) To have Ngotho sent to a detainment center.
(c) To have Ngotho murdered.
(d) To kick Ngotho off his land.

14. Who arranged the meeting in the market place that Njoroge recalls in the "Interlude"?
(a) The Mau Mau.
(b) Mucatha.
(c) K.A.U.
(d) Ngotho.

15. What Kenyan dish is Nyokabi making when Njoroge and his father talk about the approaching of school beginning in Chapter 4?
(a) Pilaf.
(b) Ugali.
(c) Githeri.
(d) Irio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the village were Njoroge lives in Chapter 1?

2. What term from the novel refers to a man's habitation, such as the one belonging to Njoroge's father?

3. What word in Chapter 6 refers to the Government?

4. What oath does the narrator say Ngotho would not take at his son's hand or instruction in Chapter 8?

5. Who is Suzannah's second son?

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