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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Art of Giving (Chapters 1 - 10).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 1: Chapter 2, what is the significance of being the mikai of a chief?
(a) The mikai is the chief's representative in council meetings.
(b) The mikai is the chief's favorite wife.
(c) The mikai is the chief's personal servant.
(d) The mikai is the chief's spiritual advisor.

2. In Part 2: Chapter 9, what does Elizabeth want to do before her grandmother's death?
(a) Sign up for classes.
(b) Get married, have children, and enjoy great grandchildren.
(c) Get another job.
(d) Sign up for citizenship.

3. In Part 1: Chapter 8, why is it difficult to get rid of a bad hereditary chief in Ramogi?
(a) The chief has too much power.
(b) Bloodshed is a great taboo for the people.
(c) The people love their chief too much.
(d) The people are indifferent towards their chief.

4. In Part 1: Chapter 8, who arrives in the village wearing a long garb and a red head dress?
(a) A strange man.
(b) A white garbed person.
(c) The chief of Jodongo.
(d) A government official.

5. In Part 1: Chapter 2, what is a nyadhi, according to the text?
(a) A type of tree that grows in the Great Lake area.
(b) A man of great style and fashion.
(c) A type of animal that lives in the savanna country of Sakwa.
(d) A type of spear used by the warriors of Jodongo.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1: Chapter 8, how do the people feel about their chief and his family?

2. In Part 2: Chapter 6, why do some people prophesy that Awiti will not get married if she continues to show her intelligence openly?

3. In Part 1: Chapter 3, what happens to Akoko in the middle of the night?

4. In Part 2: Chapter 5, who is the boy that Maria realizes loved her like a mother?

5. In Part 1: Chapter 7, what does the chief think might have happened to Obura?

(see the answer key)

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