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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 the folktale, what resulted from the chameleon's failure to deliver God's message?
(a) The sun sets each day.
(b) Humans eventually die.
(c) The moon disappears each month.
(d) The dry season comes each year.

2. What are siafu?
(a) Warrior ants.
(b) Tse-tse flies.
(c) Termites.
(d) Mosquitoes.

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

4. In what African country had Robin mined for metals?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Congo.
(c) Mozambique.
(d) Kenya.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Elspeth receive as a gift at the New Year's party?

2. What birds did Crawford and Elspeth observe doing a mating ritual?

3. What did the Kikuyu do if someone died inside a hut?

4. Why did Njombo object to the house plans for the Huxleys?

5. How did Randall Smith spend his Sundays?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Juma view the local inhabitants outside of Nairobi?

2. What did the Masai consider the greatest glory of mankind?

3. Why was Tilly so overwhelmed by Africa in the first few weeks in Thika?

4. How did Robin and Kupanya differ in their approach to negotiating the terms of a workers' contract?

5. What was Lettice Palmer's first reaction to the health conditions in Africa?

6. Describe the personalities of Mr. and Mrs. Oram.

7. Why were the natives so eager to bring their children to Tilly?

8. How did Elsepth Huxley describe the smell of Africa?

9. What kind of person did Ian Crawford appear to be?

10. What became of Tilly's initial attempt to "preserve an appearance of leisured elegance"?

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