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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. In Chapter 3, Part 2, what department is Professor Ngarikuuma in?
(a) Commerce and Economics.
(b) European History.
(c) English literature.
(d) Political Science.

2. In Chapter 1, Section 1, who does the narrator say is happy who can see tree stumps in his way?
(a) Child.
(b) Traveller.
(c) Man.
(d) Woman.

3. At the end of Chapter 5, who is with Wariinga when she finds herself in bed?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Aunt.
(c) Mother.
(d) Father.

4. In Chapter 4, Part 2, how much money does Gitutu say he borrowed to buy his first parcel of land?
(a) 5,000 shillings.
(b) 20,000 shillings.
(c) 10,000 shillings.
(d) 15,000 shillings.

5. In Chapter 1, Part 2, what do people beg the narrator to reveal?
(a) What is concealed by darkness.
(b) The murders.
(c) The tragedies.
(d) The deaths and anguish.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Wariinga when both of her parents were imprisoned?

2. In Chapter 3, Section 2, according to the driver, what type of vehicle arrives to take people to Ilmorog?

3. In Chapter 3, Part 2, what does Gatuiria compare himself to for the first year or so after he came back from abroad?

4. In Chapter 4, Part 2, how many times a day does Gitutu say that he has something to eat?

5. In Chapter 3, Section 4, how much money does Wangari say that she borrowed?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, Part 1, why is Ndaaya wa Kahuria banned from the competition?

2. In Chapter 4, Part 2, how is Gitutu wa Gataanguru described?

3. Who begs Gicaandi to tell his story in Chapter 1, Section 2?

4. In Chapter 4, Part 2, how does Kihaahu describe himself?

5. In Chapter 3, Section 4, why does Wangari say that she went to Nairobi?

6. In Chapter 2, Section 1, how does the narrator describe Wariinga?

7. In Chapter 1, Section 1, what example does Gicaandi give to show that the story needs to be told?

8. At the end of Chapter 3, Section 4, what does Muturi say about two ways, and what does Mwaura say in response?

9. In Chapter 1, Section 1, what do people say when Gicaandi wants to tell the story?

10. Why does Ithe wa Mbooi criticize Kihaahu in Chapter 4, Part 2?

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