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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is said to have changed because of the war in Chapter 4?
(a) Jomo.
(b) Kori.
(c) Boro.
(d) Ngotho.

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

3. The bush around what kind of trees is said to be a holy place in Chapter 2?
(a) Fig trees.
(b) Sycamore trees.
(c) Oak trees.
(d) Banana trees.

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

5. When did Jomo Kenyatta die?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1969.

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

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

8. For whom did the Kenyans fight in the second Big War?
(a) The Italians.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) The British.
(d) The French.

9. Exactly how much later does the narrator describe the "Interlude" taking place?
(a) Three and a half years later.
(b) One and a half years later.
(c) Two and a half years later.
(d) Four and a half years later.

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

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

12. To whom does Njoroge associate the Gikuyu people in Chapter 5?
(a) The Jews in Germany.
(b) The soldiers of war.
(c) The children of Israel.
(d) The slaves in America.

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

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

15. What language do the Kikuyu people speak?
(a) The Anyanya Bantu language.
(b) The Bantu Kikuyu language.
(c) The Azania Kikuyu language.
(d) The Abyei Kikuyu language.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Suzannah's first child?

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

3. When was Jomo Kenyatta born?

4. What term in Chapter 9 means "goodbye"?

5. Who does Njoroge realize the European woman was who came to his English class in Chapter 5?

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