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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Kamau say Boro called Jomo in Chapter 5?
(a) The Black Moses.
(b) The Black Noah.
(c) The Black Jesus.
(d) The Black Judas.

3. How many wives does the village carpenter have?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

4. Who is said to have been arrested in the "Interlude"?
(a) Mucatha.
(b) Dedan.
(c) Jomo.
(d) Kipanga.

5. What did Ngotho pay for his son to become an apprentice to the village carpenter?
(a) A chicken and 50 shillings.
(b) A goat and 150 shillings.
(c) His first-born daughter's hand in marriage.
(d) A cow and 100 shillings.

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

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

8. Who is the male teacher that Njoroge recalls teaching his first lesson in school?
(a) Isaka.
(b) Boro.
(c) Nganga.
(d) Michael.

9. Njuka is the name that is given to whom, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) A baby.
(b) A newcomer.
(c) A white man.
(d) An Indian boy.

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

11. Dedan Kimathi is referred to as the leader of what group in Chapter 8?
(a) The Kenyan Liberation Front.
(b) The Abyei Liberation Front.
(c) The African Freedom Army.
(d) Alliance of Revolutionary Forces of Kenya.

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

13. What does Mwihaki like to do with flowers, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?
(a) Pick them for her mother.
(b) Weave them into necklaces and hair adornments.
(c) Pick them for her sister.
(d) Pick them and throw them at Njoroge.

14. Who sits next to Ngotho at the meeting on the first day of the strike?
(a) Lucia.
(b) The barber.
(c) Juliana.
(d) Kamau.

15. What word in Chapter 5 refers to an uncircumcised man?
(a) Hatare.
(b) Asante.
(c) Kihii.
(d) Chakula.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Njoroge and Kamau go to the forest to search for in Chapter 4?

2. What city can be seen in the distance from the hill at Njoroge's home?

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

4. Who is Ngotho's first wife?

5. According to Karanja's story in Chapter 8, at what time did Dedan Kimathi say he would visit the police station in Nyeri?

(see the answer keys)

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