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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mwihaki discover when she rushes home to announced she has passed in school in Chapter 7?
(a) That her father has been murdered.
(b) That her father has been promoted.
(c) That her father has been attacked.
(d) That her father has been exiled.

3. 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) Nyokabi.
(b) Isaka.
(c) Kori.
(d) Kihii.

4. The narrator states in Chapter 1 that "time and bad conditions do not favour" what (3)?
(a) "Beauty."
(b) "Society."
(c) "People."
(d) "Youth."

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

12. What is Kamau apprenticeshipping to become in Chapter 1?
(a) A baker.
(b) A miller.
(c) A carpenter.
(d) A tailor.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where has the chief been killed in the "Interlude"?

3. Who is said to have changed because of the war in Chapter 4?

4. Who are Njeri's three sons?

5. Who is the big daughter of Jacobo?

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