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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Love and Life (Chapters 1 - 10).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 3: Chapter 2, what is the advice given by Jomo Kenyatta to his people?
(a) To forget and forgive.
(b) To move to the cities for better opportunities.
(c) To seek revenge on the white man.
(d) To continue to fight for their independence.

2. In Part 2: Chapter 6, why is it difficult for girls to get an education during that time?
(a) They are not interested in education.
(b) They are considered inferior to boys.
(c) They do not have access to schools.
(d) The purpose of their existence is marriage and childbearing.

3. In Part 2: Chapter 5, how does Owuor help Maria during her time of agony?
(a) He cooks her meals and cleaned the house.
(b) He gives her money to help her situation.
(c) He makes her laugh with his jokes.
(d) He reads to her from psalms.

4. In Part 1: Chapter 7, how long are the search parties gone?
(a) Three nights and three days.
(b) Two nights and two days.
(c) One night and one day.
(d) Four nights and four days.

5. In Part 1: Chapter 6, how does Otieno treat his wives?
(a) Like slaves.
(b) Like mistresses.
(c) Like sluts.
(d) Like queens.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2: Chapter 8, what is Elizabeth's job and how do people view her because of it?

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

3. In Part 1: Chapter 5, what does Aloo suggest as a resolution to the situation?

4. In Part 2: Chapter 5, why does Maria feel guilty and confess to the priest?

5. In Part 1: Chapter 10, who takes over the chief's stool after the death of the previous chief?

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