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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Njoroge started school, he was lent to his distant uncle to help him in doing what?
(a) Picking pyrithrem.
(b) Picking strawberries.
(c) Looking after cattle.
(d) Maintaining his shop.

2. What does Mwihaki claim to be the aspect that holds her to her homeland in Chapter 18?
(a) Her land.
(b) Her fortune.
(c) Her diplomacy.
(d) Her duty.

3. What does Boro do after his father dies in Chapter 16?
(a) He holds his brother.
(b) He runs from the hut.
(c) He holds his mother.
(d) He collapses on the floor weeping.

4. On what day of the week does Chapter 18 begin?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Monday.

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

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

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

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

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

10. To whom does Ngotho tell Boro to turn his eyes as he dies in Chapter 16?
(a) His mother and brother.
(b) Murungu and Ruriri.
(c) Jomo.
(d) Kiarie.

11. What does Boro call Freedom in Chapter 12?
(a) A detriment.
(b) An ideal.
(c) An illusion.
(d) A mission.

12. 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."

13. Like whom does Mr. Howlands tell Njoroge he will be castrated in Chapter 15?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His son.

14. Where did Njoroge attend school before coming to his high school?
(a) Kikuyuland Intermediate School.
(b) Kiarie Intermediate School.
(c) Kamahou Intermediate School.
(d) Nyeri Intermediate School.

15. 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)?
(a) "The undercurrent of violence pulsing around you."
(b) "The stench of oppression."
(c) "The fear of enjoyment."
(d) "An electric tension in the air."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Njoroge go first every day after roll call at school in Chapter 15?

2. Where were the bodies of the barber and others discovered dead after they were taken from their homes three nights ago in Chapter 11?

3. For how long does Stephen say he has been at his high school in Chapter 14?

4. Njoroge tells Mwihaki in Chapter 13, "You and I can only put faith in" what (106)?

5. How is the weather described on a January morning in Chapter 12?

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