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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the answer when the teachers asks of the sound "U-u-u-u-u-u" "What animal says this?" (34)?
(a) A sheep.
(b) A dog.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A cow.

2. Who is said to have been arrested in the "Interlude"?
(a) Dedan.
(b) Mucatha.
(c) Jomo.
(d) Kipanga.

3. Who is the big daughter of Jacobo?
(a) Lucia.
(b) Memsahib.
(c) Njeri.
(d) Nyokabi.

4. What did Ngotho pay for his son to become an apprentice to the village carpenter?
(a) A goat and 150 shillings.
(b) A chicken and 50 shillings.
(c) His first-born daughter's hand in marriage.
(d) A cow and 100 shillings.

5. Who is Lucia's mother?
(a) Nganga.
(b) Juliana.
(c) Memsahib.
(d) Mwihaki.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kamau say Boro called Jomo in Chapter 5?

2. When did Jomo Kenyatta die?

3. What Kenyan dish is Nyokabi making when Njoroge and his father talk about the approaching of school beginning in Chapter 4?

4. What is Kamau apprenticeshipping to become in Chapter 1?

5. What city can be seen in the distance from the hill at Njoroge's home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ngotho described in the beginning of the novel?

2. Who is Isaka and how is he described in Part 1: "The Waning Light," Chapter 4?

3. Who is Mwihaki and how did Njoroge come to know her?

4. How much time has passed in the "Interlude" between Parts 1 and 2 of the novel? What tone is established in this brief chapter?

5. How does the narrator describe Ngotho's change in demeanor in the conclusion of Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapter 8?

6. What does Nairobi represent symbolically to Njoroge and others in Part 1: "The Waning Light," Chapter 5?

7. What do the blacks of Kenya expect to be the outcome of Jomo's trial in Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapter 9?

8. How does Karanja describe Mau Mau in Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapter 9?

9. How does Njoroge feel about attending school? How does he discover he will attend in Part 1: "The Waning Light," Chapter 1?

10. What does the land represent symbolically to Mr. Howlands?

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