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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. What has Jacobo chosen to do after the incident at the strike meeting in Chapter 7?
(a) To have Ngotho's family exiled from the village.
(b) To have Ngotho sent to a detainment center.
(c) To have Ngotho murdered.
(d) To kick Ngotho off his land.

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

6. Boro tells his brother Kori that he was one of how many who escaped in Chapter 8?
(a) Nine.
(b) Eight.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

7. How far from home is Njoroge's new school in Chapter 8?
(a) Three miles.
(b) Five miles.
(c) Two miles.
(d) Ten miles.

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

9. 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) Nyokabi.
(d) Isaka.

10. Who is the big daughter of Jacobo?
(a) Nyokabi.
(b) Lucia.
(c) Memsahib.
(d) Njeri.

11. Where is Karanja from?
(a) Ndeiya.
(b) Nairobi.
(c) Kihii.
(d) Kipanga.

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

13. What does Ngotho do when Jacobo takes the stage at the strike meeting in Chapter 7?
(a) He calls the police.
(b) He rushes to attack Jacobo.
(c) He stands and begins applauding.
(d) He runs from the room.

14. With what hero from the Bible does Njoroge admire and often identify himself?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Moses.
(c) John.
(d) David.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the answer when the teachers asks of the sound "U-u-u-u-u-u" "What animal says this?" (34)?

3. Who is Njoroge's brother who died in the war?

4. What is the local town that is described in Chapter 1?

5. Who leads Njoroge to school on his first day in Chapter 2?

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