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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ngotho's first wife?
(a) Lucia.
(b) Njeri.
(c) Juliana.
(d) Nyokabi.

2. What word does the teacher use to demonstrate the sound for "e" in Chapter 4?
(a) See.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Peter.
(d) Leaves.

3. What city can be seen in the distance from the hill at Njoroge's home?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) Kisumu.
(c) Mombasa.
(d) Nakuru.

4. What is Njoroge listening for when he falls asleep in the end of Chapter 6?
(a) The wolf howling.
(b) The voice of God.
(c) His mother crying.
(d) The voice of his sister.

5. Who is said to have changed because of the war in Chapter 4?
(a) Ngotho.
(b) Boro.
(c) Kori.
(d) Jomo.

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

7. Who was fought by the Kenyans in the second Big War?
(a) Bush.
(b) Mugabe.
(c) Mussolini.
(d) Hitler.

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

9. What does Nyokabi tell Njoroge she will buy him when his father gets paid in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) A pair of pants and a sweater.
(b) A calico.
(c) A pair of pants and a suit jacket.
(d) A shirt and a pair of shorts.

10. What is the name of God's tree in the creation story related by Ngotho in Chapter 2?
(a) Mwihaki.
(b) Maua.
(c) Kipanga.
(d) Mukuyu.

11. What is the area in central Kenya called where Njoroge lives in Chapter 1?
(a) Nyanza.
(b) Uasin Gishu.
(c) Baringo.
(d) Kikuyuland.

12. What does the term "Ihii cia mutitu" mean (68)?
(a) The government.
(b) The Abyei Liberation Front.
(c) The church.
(d) Freedom Boys of the Forest.

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

14. What have Kamau's wages been raised to in Chapter 7?
(a) 40 shillings.
(b) 50 shillings.
(c) 30 shillings.
(d) 20 shillings.

15. What word in Chapter 6 refers to the Government?
(a) Serikali.
(b) Thingira.
(c) Kiarie.
(d) Kihii.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what kind of factory do many of the black people earn their living in Kipanga?

2. What word in Chapter 5 refers to an uncircumcised man?

3. What does the narrator say the Indians called Gandhi in Chapter 1?

4. Dedan Kimathi is referred to as the leader of what group in Chapter 8?

5. What has Jacobo chosen to do after the incident at the strike meeting in Chapter 7?

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