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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is described in Chapter 14 as a famous school for European boys?
(a) The Oakland School.
(b) The Hill School.
(c) The Ross School.
(d) The Beck School.

2. Where does Stephen move in Chapter 15?
(a) England.
(b) Spain.
(c) America.
(d) France.

3. Immediately how did Ngotho feel after Jacobo's death, according to the narrator in Chapter 15?
(a) Sorrowful.
(b) Regretful.
(c) Valiant.
(d) Grateful.

4. How many threatening notes does Jacobo tell Mr. Howlands he had received before the one he shows him in Chapter 12?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

5. Who are facing murder charges for the death of Mr. Howlands?
(a) Kiarie and Lucia.
(b) Kiarie and Mwangi.
(c) Kori and Memsahib.
(d) Boro and Kamau.

6. What is described as the "last hope" that had fled from Njoroge in Chapter 18 (134)?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Power.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Love.

7. About what age does Njoroge claim to be when questioned by the officers in Chapter 15?
(a) 22.
(b) 12.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

8. The narrator states in Chapter 10 that there is only one god for Mr. Howlands and that is what?
(a) His family.
(b) His farm.
(c) His domination.
(d) His wealth.

9. How do those in the hut with Ngotho respond when he dies, according to the narrator in Chapter 16?
(a) No one cries.
(b) His wives begin wailing.
(c) Everyone cries.
(d) His sons cry out.

10. In what term at school is Njoroge when Chapter 15 begins?
(a) His fourth.
(b) His second.
(c) His first.
(d) His third.

11. Mwihaki tells Njoroge in Chapter 13, "When people go away, they tend to" do what (105)?
(a) "Regret their homelands."
(b) "Look back and wish they had never left."
(c) "Forget those that they left behind."
(d) "Grow as individuals and as leaders."

12. Who suggests to Njoroge that he stay in school despite the letter in Chapter 10?
(a) Boro.
(b) Ngotho.
(c) Kamau.
(d) Njuguna.

13. With whom has Mwihaki gone to stay during this vacation from school in Chapter 12?
(a) Lucia.
(b) Boro.
(c) Kiarie.
(d) Mucatha.

14. In her letter to Njoroge in Chapter 14, Mwihaki tells him that in their home village, there is not so much a fear of death as a fear of what (112)?
(a) Battle.
(b) Torture.
(c) Genocide.
(d) Living.

15. Where does Njoroge believe Mwihaki's brother has gone in Chapter 13?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) France.
(c) The United States.
(d) South Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What test does Njoroge pass in order to get into high school?

2. In Chapter 14, Stephen says, "And when you are walking in Nairobi or in the country, though the sky may be clear and the sun smiling, you are still not free to enjoy the friendliness of the sky because you are aware of" what (110-111)?

3. To whom does Ngotho tell Boro to turn his eyes as he dies in Chapter 16?

4. Who is killed by the white military men during the journey to the Christian gathering in Chapter 12?

5. What is described in Chapter 12 as "the only thing that could now give [Boro] fire and boldness" (102)?

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