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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says "Education is the light of Kenya," according to Kamau in Chapter 4 (38)?
(a) Lucia.
(b) Jomo.
(c) Nganga.
(d) Memsahib.

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

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

4. Who says of Jomo in Chapter 9, "It knew he would lose. I always said that all white men are the same. His lawyers must have been bribed" (74)?
(a) Kihii.
(b) Kori.
(c) Isaka.
(d) Nyokabi.

5. Who is the village carpenter?
(a) Ngotho.
(b) Nganga.
(c) Mr. Howlands.
(d) Boro.

6. How does Njoroge end up in Mwihaki's class in Chapter 4?
(a) He is demoted one grade.
(b) He is promoted one grade.
(c) He is held back for one grade.
(d) He is sent to the girls' school.

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

8. Where did Mwihaki's father learn English?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) Kisumu.
(c) Mombasa.
(d) Siriana.

9. What does the narrator say the Indians called Gandhi in Chapter 1?
(a) Nandi.
(b) Narok.
(c) Babu.
(d) Bomet.

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

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

12. What is the answer when the teachers asks of the sound "U-u-u-u-u-u" "What animal says this?" (34)?
(a) A sheep.
(b) A dog.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A cow.

13. 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.

14. Who does Njoroge come home to find crying and in dispute with Ngotho in Chapter 6?
(a) Nyokabi.
(b) Kihii.
(c) Kiarie.
(d) Thingira.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are Njeri's three sons?

3. The narrator states in Chapter 1 that "time and bad conditions do not favour" what (3)?

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

5. With whom does Njoroge associate Eve from the Bible?

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