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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What aspect of Boro's character makes him a good leader for the Freedom Fighters, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?
(a) That he does not care what happens to him personally.
(b) That he has a steady demeanor and strong determination.
(c) That he is a shrewd and effective military strategist.
(d) That he is driven by his love of God and his people.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Where is Mwihaki assigned to go to school after not scoring very well on her Secondary School testing?
(a) A teacher training school.
(b) An arts and performance school.
(c) A culinary school.
(d) A secretarial school.

9. At what time does everyone have to be indoors as per the curfew order in Chapter 10?
(a) 8:00.
(b) 10:00.
(c) 6:00.
(d) 9:00.

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) Living.
(b) Battle.
(c) Genocide.
(d) Torture.

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

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

13. On what day of the week does Njoroge set out to kill himself in Chapter 18?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

14. What test does Njoroge pass in order to get into high school?
(a) K.K.N.P.
(b) K.I.E.R.
(c) K.A.P.E.
(d) K.T.R.T.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Like whom does Mr. Howlands tell Njoroge he will be castrated in Chapter 15?

2. What did Boro's father find him out to be, according to Ngotho in Chapter 16?

3. What does Mwihaki claim to be the aspect that holds her to her homeland in Chapter 18?

4. How long after Ngotho is moved from the homeguard post to his home does he speak in Chapter 16?

5. 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)?

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