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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 12, who does Wariinga shoot in the knees?

2. In Chapter 10, what is Wariinga working on?

3. In Chapter 11, what does Wariinga's mother suggest that Wariinga and Gatuiria do while she cooks?

4. In Chapter 12, what color carpet leads to the room where Wariinga is to meet Gatuiria's father?

5. In Chapter 9 when Wariinga observes thieves waddling to their cars, what animal are they compared to?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 10, what does the narrator reveal about the trial that was held for Muturi, Wangari, and the student leader?

2. In Chapter 8, what is Kimeendeeri's plan to persuade workers to allow him to enslave them and eat their flesh?

3. In Chapter 7, how does the master of ceremonies calm down the foreign delegation?

4. Why is Gatuiria ashamed of the party and invitations his parents are sending out to welcome his fiancee?

5. In Chapter 9, how do the thieves and robbers flee the cave?

6. In Chapter 6, what is Mukiraai's plan for Kenyans to become wealthy instead of foreigners?

7. In Chapter 12, why does Wariinga say that the foreigners are not totally to blame for the way they treat Kenyan women?

8. In Chapter 11, when Wariinga's mother mentions her duaghter, what does Gatuiria say?

9. What is Nditika's idea in Chapter 7?

10. In Chapter 9, what is the procession that Wariinga and Gatuiria see?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What nightmare does Wariinga frequently have, and what does it symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

The foreign leader speaks up against Mukiraai’s arguments. Why does the foreign leader speak against Mukiraai’s arguments? What is his view of freedom? How do Mukiraai’s ideas threaten the foreign leader’s freedom to steal and rob?

Essay Topic 3

Mukiraai’s testimony at the Devil’s feast angers the foreign guests. What is the main idea in Mukiraai’s testimony? What does he reveal about modern theft and the type of theft that Kenyans should embrace? How are his ideas just as corrupt, if not more so, than the ideas of the other thieves?

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