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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the bodies of the barber and others discovered dead after they were taken from their homes three nights ago in Chapter 11?
(a) On the main street.
(b) In the forest.
(c) Inside the school.
(d) On the temple steps.

2. What is the Indian doing in his corner at the market in Chapter 16?
(a) Eating.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Playing music.
(d) Sleeping.

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

4. With what does Njoroge intend to kill himself in Chapter 18?
(a) An axe.
(b) A knife.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A cord.

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

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

7. What does the line from this hymn from Chapter 12 translate to in English (as expressed in the next verse)? "Nitugu-u-kugoca Je-e-Jesu" (99)?
(a) "I praise, thee Father Jesus."
(b) "Jesus Thy blood cleans away my sins."
(c) "We praise you Jesus."
(d) "Jesus the Lamb of God."

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

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

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

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

12. For how long has Njoroge worked for the Indian at the market in Chapter 16?
(a) Less than a month.
(b) Over three months.
(c) About two months.
(d) Six weeks.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator notes in Chapter 13, "Somehow the Gikuyu people always saw their deliverance as embodied in" what (104)?

2. How many people, including the barber, were taken from their houses three nights ago and killed, according to Kamau in Chapter 11?

3. 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)?

4. Who walks with Njoroge to the Christian gathering in Chapter 12?

5. What test does Njoroge pass in order to get into high school?

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