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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the roof of the office in which Mr. Howlands sits described in Chapter 10?
(a) Blue tile.
(b) Gray tile.
(c) Red brick.
(d) Red tile.

2. Where does Jacobo say he found the threatening note he shows Mr. Howlands in Chapter 12?
(a) On the school doors.
(b) At Mr. Howlands' door.
(c) On his doorstep.
(d) On the church door.

3. Whom will Njoroge be taught by at Siriana Secondary School for the first time?
(a) Black men.
(b) White men.
(c) Women.
(d) Men.

4. Whom does Njoroge know that he must see in the end of Chapter 16?
(a) Boro.
(b) Mwihaki.
(c) Memsahib.
(d) Kiarie.

5. The narrator states in Chapter 15 of Mr. Howlands, "For Ngotho had become for him a symbol of" what (120)?
(a) "Good versus evil."
(b) "Evil that now stood in his path."
(c) "Men who made him ashamed."
(d) "The savages who walked the earth."

6. Of the women at the market, the narrator states that Njoroge "did not want to look at them in the face because he thought they would see the dreams of his boyhood and" do what (126)?
(a) "Pity him."
(b) "Laugh at him."
(c) "Mock him."
(d) "Weep for him."

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

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

9. What is to happen to Boro in Chapter 18?
(a) He is to be exiled.
(b) He is to be freed.
(c) He is to serve life in prison.
(d) He is to be executed.

10. The threatening note presented by Jacobo in Chapter 12 says, "STOP YOUR MURDEROUS ACTIVITIES. OR ELSE WE SHALL COME FOR" what (98)?
(a) "YOUR CHILDREN."
(b) "YOUR HEAD."
(c) "YOUR WIVES."
(d) "YOUR LAND."

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

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

13. What does the letter at the school threaten if the school is not instantly shut down?
(a) Beheading.
(b) Stabbings.
(c) Bombing.
(d) Shooting.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does everyone have to be indoors as per the curfew order in Chapter 10?

2. What currency is being used at the dress shop in Chapter 16?

3. Who are facing murder charges for the death of Mr. Howlands?

4. The High School for Europeans is located a few miles from where, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?

5. What is described as the "last hope" that had fled from Njoroge in Chapter 18 (134)?

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