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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: The Girl Child (Chapters 7 - 12).
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In Part 1: Chapter 5, what does Aloo suggest as a resolution to the situation?
(a) That the protagonist should apologize to her husband's family.
(b) That the protagonist should stay with her family permanently.
(c) That the husband should bring a goat to appease the protagonist's mother.
(d) That the protagonist should go back to her husband's house with him.
2. In Part 1: Chapter 6, what do the footloose wanderer Ambere K’ongoso bring news of?
(a) A great famine that was coming.
(b) A new kind of medicine that could cure any disease.
(c) A new religion sweeping across the land.
(d) White-skinned people who now ruled most of the land.
3. In Part 1: Chapter 9, what is the meaning of the marks on the bracelet Nyabera unearthed?
(a) They are her brother's initials.
(b) They are meaningless.
(c) They hold a secret message.
(d) They are secret codes.
4. In Part 1: Chapter 8, who forms something like the council of Jodongo, only much bigger, to make sure that everyone lives in peace according to the new law?
(a) Sirikal.
(b) The people of Ramogi.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The white people.
5. In Part 1: Chapter 10, why does Akoko take her grandson to her brother in Yimbo?
(a) To prepare him to take over as the chief.
(b) To protect him from Otieno Kembo and his family.
(c) To seek his help in her struggle for power.
(d) To give him a better life than she could provide.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Part 1: Chapter 9, what is the main attraction of Nyabera's husband?
2. In Part 1: Chapter 1, why is the animal cock ceremoniously slaughtered and eaten the day after the baby stops crying?
3. In Part 1: Chapter 3, what is the purpose of the rush to Akoko's hut at cockcrow?
4. In Part 1: Chapter 5, how does Owuor Kembo, the protagonist's husband, respond to her leaving?
5. In Part 1: Chapter 3, How did Chief Kembo feel about his number of daughters compared to his son?
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