View a FREE sample

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, why does Chief Odero set the bride price at 30 head for the prospective suitors?
(a) To test their commitment to the marriage alliance.
(b) To discourage them from marrying his daughter.
(c) To show his generosity towards the visitors.
(d) To compensate for the shortage of daughters in his family.

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

3. In Part 1: Chapter 10, what is the significance of the dream Nyabera has been having?
(a) It is a message from Were, the god of the eye of the sun.
(b) It is a message from her deceased husband.
(c) It is a warning of impending danger.
(d) It is a sign of her mental instability.

4. In Part 2: Chapter 4, why does Akoko wear a kerchief on her head after being baptized?
(a) To commemorate the woman who wiped Kristo's face on his way to Calvary.
(b) To show her affiliation with a specific tribe.
(c) To protect her head from the sun.
(d) To express her fear of the future.

5. In Part 1: Chapter 3, what is the name of Chief Kembo's son?
(a) Otieno.
(b) Owuor.
(c) Nyabera.
(d) Obura.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1: Chapter 9, what happens to Nyabera's first child?

2. In Part 1: Chapter 6, what do the footloose wanderer Ambere K’ongoso bring news of?

3. In Part 1: Chapter 12, how does Akoko's nephews feel about the DO's decision?

4. In Part 2: Chapter 2, why does Nyabera join a group of travellers on her journey to the mission?

5. In Part 1: Chapter 1, why is the animal cock ceremoniously slaughtered and eaten the day after the baby stops crying?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 422 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample