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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters One through Five.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What eventually attracted the attention of the natives?
(a) The sewing machine.
(b) The lamp.
(c) The gramaphone.
(d) The piano.

2. What was Randall Smith's nationality?
(a) English.
(b) Irish.
(c) Scottish.
(d) Welsh.

3. What did Elspeth say she wanted more than anything?
(a) A chameleon.
(b) A pony.
(c) A snake.
(d) A duiker.

4. About how many miles a day could the oxen handle?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 12.

5. What did the author refer to as "that sovereign remedy for almost everything"?
(a) Turpentine.
(b) Ether.
(c) Epsom salts.
(d) Cod-liver oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had the missionaries and the Government convinced the Kikuyu to adopt?

2. Who had once killed a lion at the meeting place of the two rivers?

3. What was Robin's primary goal in his travels?

4. Where was the District Commissioner located?

5. What did Juma falsely claim the Kikuyu ate?

(see the answer key)

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