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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 9, "To [Ngotho] Jomo stood for custom and tradition purified by grace of learning and" what (74)?
(a) "Much travel."
(b) "Purity."
(c) "Wisdom."
(d) "Reading books."

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

3. Who arranged the meeting in the market place that Njoroge recalls in the "Interlude"?
(a) The Mau Mau.
(b) Mucatha.
(c) Ngotho.
(d) K.A.U.

4. What did Ngotho pay for his son to become an apprentice to the village carpenter?
(a) His first-born daughter's hand in marriage.
(b) A goat and 150 shillings.
(c) A chicken and 50 shillings.
(d) A cow and 100 shillings.

5. Who is the teacher that teaches Njoroge's class English in Chapter 5?
(a) Kamau.
(b) Isaka.
(c) Lucia.
(d) Mwangi.

6. In what season does Njoroge's homeland become green and adorned with white flowers?
(a) Coffee season.
(b) Maize season.
(c) Sugarcane season.
(d) Njahi season.

7. What is the name of God's tree in the creation story related by Ngotho in Chapter 2?
(a) Maua.
(b) Mukuyu.
(c) Kipanga.
(d) Mwihaki.

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

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

10. Where is Mr. Howlands from?
(a) England.
(b) The United States.
(c) France.
(d) Australia.

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

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

13. 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 kick Ngotho off his land.
(d) To have Ngotho murdered.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Njeri's three sons?

2. What does Nyokabi tell Njoroge she will buy him when his father gets paid in the beginning of Chapter 1?

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

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

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

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