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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who does Kamau say Boro called Jomo in Chapter 5?
(a) The Black Noah.
(b) The Black Moses.
(c) The Black Judas.
(d) The Black Jesus.

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

8. Who is Njoroge's brother who died in the war?
(a) Boro.
(b) Mwangi.
(c) Kori.
(d) Isaka.

9. What word in Chapter 5 refers to an uncircumcised man?
(a) Hatare.
(b) Chakula.
(c) Asante.
(d) Kihii.

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

11. Jacobo is said to be the first black man allowed to grow what crop in the area?
(a) Pyrethrum.
(b) Green tea.
(c) Black tea.
(d) Potatoes.

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

13. Who is Ngotho's employer's wife who is described as being too thin?
(a) Juliana.
(b) Mwihaki.
(c) Njeri.
(d) Memsahib.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rain perceived as by the people as they await Jomo's judgment in Chapter 9?

2. 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)?

3. Where is Karanja from?

4. What word from the novel refers to a woman's abode?

5. What city can be seen in the distance from the hill at Njoroge's home?

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