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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 1: Chapter 1, why does the grandmother march up and down with her cane while speaking to the spirits?
(a) To show respect.
(b) To summon the spirits.
(c) To exercise.
(d) To vent frustration.

2. In Part 2: Chapter 3, what does Nyabera insist her mother and child call her when she returned to Yimbo?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Mary.
(c) Martha.
(d) Maria.

3. In Part 3: Chapter 10, how does Vera deal with examination fever?
(a) She tries to read as many books as possible in a short time.
(b) She stays on top of her work throughout the year and takes breaks when needed.
(c) She ignores it and does not study.
(d) She studies all night long making notes.

4. In Part 3: Chapter 10, why does Vera feel like she does not understand her faith?
(a) Her parents never talked to her about it.
(b) She is not intelligent enough to understand it
(c) She has never been taught properly about her faith.
(d) She is too young and inexperienced

5. 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 reads to her from psalms.
(d) He makes her laugh with his jokes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1: Chapter 1, how many sons does Odero Gogni already have when his daughter is born?

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

3. In Part 3: Chapter 9, what does Becky reveal to her sister Vera that shocks her?

4. In Part 1: Chapter 1, what is the chief's initial reaction to the birth of his eighth child?

5. In Part 2: Chapter 8, why does it take Elizabeth three times to write back to Mark?

(see the answer key)

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