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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kingdom did King Shaka rule?
(a) Ashanti.
(b) Zulu.
(c) Ngoni.
(d) Berber.

2. How many meals could William's family get from six pails of four?
(a) 72.
(b) 55.
(c) 81.
(d) 60.

3. What year did Trywell's brother, John, die?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1997.

4. Where did the trader live who had had gum balls stolen from him?
(a) Masitala.
(b) Mwase.
(c) Kasungu.
(d) Masaka.

5. How far was William's school from Gilbert's house?
(a) 2 kilometers.
(b) A kilometer.
(c) 1/2 kilometer.
(d) 1/4 kilometer.

6. What parable did William remember and tell Geoffrey in Chapter 8?
(a) Sower of seeds.
(b) Lost coin.
(c) Good Samaritan.
(d) Prodigal son.

7. What church did William's family attend?
(a) Presbyterian.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Episcopalian.

8. What was the Malawian word for maize?
(a) Phwetekere.
(b) Chimanga.
(c) Buledi.
(d) Fodya.

9. What was the only meat that William's family had to eat sometimes?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Birds.
(c) Goat.
(d) Grasshoppers.

10. How many days did the Standard Eight final exam last?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 2 days.

11. What did Agnes' father do for a living?
(a) Shopkeeper.
(b) Welder.
(c) Tailor.
(d) Farmer.

12. When gaga ran low, what did traders mix with it?
(a) Sawdust.
(b) Small stones.
(c) Twigs.
(d) Insects.

13. On Christmas Day, 2001, what song did William hear from the radio in his sister's room?
(a) Angels We Have Heard on High.
(b) O Little Town of Bethlehem.
(c) Silent Night.
(d) Away in a Manger.

14. What percent of Malawians did William say had electricity?
(a) 67.
(b) 15.
(c) 35.
(d) 2.

15. As the maize disappeared, how much was gaga being sold for?
(a) 100 kwacha.
(b) 125 kwacha.
(c) 50 kwacha.
(d) 150 kwacha.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the first rains usually come to Malawi?

2. How many days did William spend with his grandparents after he tried to get mangolomera?

3. On what day did Malawians celebrate their independence from England?

4. What is the name of the soccer club that Charity had on a wall in the clubhouse where he slept?

5. Where did Trywell live when he was a trader?

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