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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who shouts in the end of Chapter 9, "Never! Never! Black people must rise up and fight" (75)?
(a) Kori.
(b) Kiarie.
(c) Boro.
(d) Mwangi.

3. When was Jomo Kenyatta born?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1903.

4. How long has it been since Njoroge first began school when Chapter 7 begins?
(a) Six months.
(b) Five years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Three years.

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

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

7. What is the name of the village were Njoroge lives in Chapter 1?
(a) Mahua.
(b) Meru.
(c) Garissa.
(d) Embu.

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

9. At what kind of factory do many of the black people earn their living in Kipanga?
(a) A shoe factory.
(b) A clothing factory.
(c) A computer factory.
(d) A car factory.

10. What do Njoroge and Kamau go to the forest to search for in Chapter 4?
(a) Antelopes.
(b) Lions.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Elephants.

11. When did Jomo Kenyatta die?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1969.

12. What is the local town that is described in Chapter 1?
(a) Kisumu.
(b) Eldoret.
(c) Mombasa.
(d) Kipanga.

13. What term in Chapter 9 means "goodbye"?
(a) Kwa Heri.
(b) Kihii hi.
(c) Kipanga.
(d) Nyumba Ndeiya.

14. Who is Suzannah's second son?
(a) Michael.
(b) Paul.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Peter.

15. 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 suit jacket.
(b) A pair of pants and a sweater.
(c) A shirt and a pair of shorts.
(d) A calico.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mwihaki discover when she rushes home to announced she has passed in school in Chapter 7?

2. Who does Njoroge realize the European woman was who came to his English class in Chapter 5?

3. Which of Boro's friends comes to push for and discuss the strike at Njoroge's home in Chapter 6?

4. Who is said to have been arrested in the "Interlude"?

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

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