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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Njoroge's first class of the day in Chapter 15?
(a) History.
(b) Science.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) English.

4. What word in the narrative refers to a truck?
(a) Kihii.
(b) Nyumba.
(c) Lorry.
(d) Kiarie.

5. Where will Njoroge attend the big misson school for Secondary School?
(a) Siriana.
(b) Nyeri.
(c) Nairobi.
(d) Mahua.

6. Njoroge tells Mwihaki in Chapter 13, "You and I can only put faith in" what (106)?
(a) "Peace."
(b) "Love."
(c) "Justice."
(d) "Hope."

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

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

9. Who is the carpenter who has been found killed in Chapter 11?
(a) Kihii.
(b) Kiarie.
(c) Boro.
(d) Nganga.

10. What currency is being used at the dress shop in Chapter 16?
(a) Dollars.
(b) Yen.
(c) Shillings.
(d) Dinar.

11. 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) "Mock him."
(c) "Weep for him."
(d) "Laugh at him."

12. How much money does the woman at the dress shop demand as a price before leaving in Chapter 16?
(a) Two per yard.
(b) Three per yard.
(c) Four per yard.
(d) Five per yard.

13. What animals are heard in the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Birds.
(b) Bears.
(c) Lions.
(d) Elephants.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Boro's voice described when saying to Mr. Howlands in Chapter 16, "Have you anything to say in your defence" (128)?

2. How is the Siriana Secondary School described by the narrator in the opening of Chapter 14 (108)?

3. Where does Jacobo say he found the threatening note he shows Mr. Howlands in Chapter 12?

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

5. Where does Njoroge believe Mwihaki's brother has gone in Chapter 13?

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