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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Fifteen through Eighteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the majority of the houses in the village look like?
(a) Rectangular buildings with tin roofs.
(b) Round, thatched huts.
(c) Log cabins.
(d) Mud-brick, square structures.

2. How are the children dismissed from school?
(a) The beating of drums.
(b) The teachers formally thank the children for coming and are thanked in return.
(c) The striking of a piece of iron on a string.
(d) The blowing of a horn.

3. What does Reverend Livingstone usually wear on his head?
(a) A pith helmet.
(b) A bandana.
(c) A fedora.
(d) His glasses.

4. What does "Gikuyu Karinga" mean?
(a) "Keep the tribe pure."
(b) "Education is imperative."
(c) "Gikuyu land forever."
(d) "Never surrender."

5. Where does Waiyaki think he will go to get more teachers?
(a) Kerinyaga.
(b) Nairobi.
(c) Mukuyu.
(d) Siriana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Joshua finishes his sermon?

2. For what sin of his wife's does Joshua beg God's forgiveness?

3. About whom is Waiyaki warned near the end of Chapter Sixteen?

4. What does Waiyaki go to get for his father?

5. For how long has Nyambura noticed a moodiness about Muthoni in Chapter Six?

(see the answer key)

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