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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is Boro's voice described when saying to Mr. Howlands in Chapter 16, "Have you anything to say in your defence" (128)?
(a) Enraged.
(b) Sympathetic.
(c) Flat.
(d) Triumphant.

3. Where does Njoroge suggest he and Mwihaki meet on Sunday in Chapter 11?
(a) At the hill.
(b) At her house.
(c) At church.
(d) At school.

4. Whom does Boro express delay in killing in Chapter 12?
(a) Kiarie.
(b) Isaka.
(c) Mr. Howlands.
(d) Ngotho.

5. What is described in Chapter 12 as "the only thing that could now give [Boro] fire and boldness" (102)?
(a) Land.
(b) Family.
(c) Justice.
(d) Revenge.

6. How much per yard does Njoroge tell the woman that the dress is when she asks at the market in Chapter 16?
(a) Three per yard.
(b) Five per yard.
(c) One per yard.
(d) Two per yard.

7. As they part ways in Chapter 13, Njoroge feels ashamed of having thought Mwihaki to be what?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Sinister.
(c) Weak.
(d) Frivolous.

8. What is Njoroge's first impulse when he learns that he will be able to attend high school in Chapter 13?
(a) To sign up.
(b) To thank God.
(c) To ask his father's permission.
(d) To write to his mother.

9. What is the English translation of the phrase "Mikono juu" (100)?
(a) "Who are you?"
(b) "Hands up."
(c) "Leave in peace."
(d) "Hello."

10. 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) Living.
(c) Genocide.
(d) Torture.

11. Who dom the officers ask Njoroge if he knows in Chapter 15?
(a) Mwangi.
(b) Kiarie.
(c) Boro.
(d) Memsahib.

12. The narrator notes in Chapter 13, "Somehow the Gikuyu people always saw their deliverance as embodied in" what (104)?
(a) "Education."
(b) "Submission."
(c) "Jesus."
(d) "Fighting."

13. How long has it been since the death of Ngotho and Mr. Howlands in Chapter 16?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Five months.
(d) Two months.

14. Who broke the news of Mwihaki's father's death to her?
(a) Her mother.
(b) The headmistress.
(c) The coroner.
(d) The doctor.

15. The High School for Europeans is located a few miles from where, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?
(a) Siriana.
(b) Kipanga.
(c) Ndeiya.
(d) Nyeri.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Stephen tell Njoroge that he will be moving away with his family when they first talk in Chapter 14?

2. Where does the narrator say Boro and Kori keep their beds in Chapter 10?

3. What does Boro do after his father dies in Chapter 16?

4. According to the narrator in describing the night of Mr. Howland's death, it is stated that "He had discovered that" who "could be a good relief" (128)?

5. Where has Mwihaki's brother actually gone, according to the narrative in Chapter 13?

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