View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How is Boro's voice described when saying to Mr. Howlands in Chapter 16, "Have you anything to say in your defence" (128)?
(a) Triumphant.
(b) Enraged.
(c) Flat.
(d) Sympathetic.

4. 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.

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

6. The narrator notes in Chapter 13, "Somehow the Gikuyu people always saw their deliverance as embodied in" what (104)?
(a) "Submission."
(b) "Education."
(c) "Fighting."
(d) "Jesus."

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

8. 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.

9. What is Njoroge's first impulse when he learns that he will be able to attend high school in Chapter 13?
(a) To thank God.
(b) To write to his mother.
(c) To sign up.
(d) To ask his father's permission.

10. What does the letter at the school threaten if the school is not instantly shut down?
(a) Shooting.
(b) Bombing.
(c) Stabbings.
(d) Beheading.

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

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

13. What does Boro refer to as "a law of nature" in Chapter 12 (102)?
(a) "Loving and hating."
(b) "Dreaming and regretting."
(c) "Hoping and fearing."
(d) "Killing and destroying."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Njoroge suggest going with Mwihaki in Chapter 18?

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

3. What color jerseys do the homeguards of Jacobo wear in Chapter 11?

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

5. Who is the letter on the school purportedly from in Chapter 10?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 421 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample