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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. For how long does Stephen say he has been at his high school in Chapter 14?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Four years.

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)?
(a) "White men."
(b) "Black men."
(c) "White women."
(d) "Black women."

5. Who is killed by the white military men during the journey to the Christian gathering in Chapter 12?
(a) Kiarie.
(b) Mwangi.
(c) Isaka.
(d) Memsahib.

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

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

8. In Chapter 16, the narrator describes Njoroge as seeing himself as an old man of what age?
(a) 75.
(b) 60.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

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

10. How long after Ngotho is moved from the homeguard post to his home does he speak in Chapter 16?
(a) Four days.
(b) Two days.
(c) One week.
(d) Three days.

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

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

13. 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.

14. Whom does Boro declare must be killed in Chapter 12?
(a) Jacobo.
(b) Ngotho.
(c) Mwangi.
(d) Kiarie.

15. What is the name of the homeguard post where Njoroge is summoned in Chapter 15?
(a) The Oxen House.
(b) The House of Pain.
(c) The Halfway House.
(d) The House of the Rising Sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object led Mr. Howlands to the discovery of who murdered Jacobo?

2. How many threatening notes does Jacobo tell Mr. Howlands he had received before the one he shows him in Chapter 12?

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

4. How long has it been since the death of Ngotho and Mr. Howlands in Chapter 16?

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

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