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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 2: Chapter 3, how does Nyabera's mother react when her daughter expresses her concern about not being able to have children with the new religion?
(a) She agrees with her daughter and advised her to leave the new religion.
(b) She ignores her daughter's concern and changed the subject.
(c) She laughs at her daughter's concern.
(d) She offers to help her daughter find a solution to the problem..

2. In Part 2: Chapter 3, what does Nyabera's daughter and nephew ask her to tell them about?
(a) The birth of Yeso Kristo.
(b) The bad King Herodes.
(c) The journey to appeal to the DO and the DC.
(d) The escape to Misri (Egypt).

3. In Part 3: Chapter 3, how do the twins react when they see their father reaching for his main implement of discipline?
(a) They start to cry and begged for mercy.
(b) They keep quiet and try to stay out of trouble.
(c) They blame their older brothers for their misbehavior.
(d) They make up a story to try to get out of trouble.

4. In Part 2: Chapter 6, why do some people prophesy that Awiti will not get married if she continues to show her intelligence openly?
(a) Because men were intimidated by intelligent women.
(b) Because education was not considered necessary for women.
(c) Because they believed it would be a catastrophe for a man to marry an intelligent woman.
(d) Because men preferred women who were not educated.

5. In Part 3: Chapter 4, what does Aoro do to the frog?
(a) He releases it back into the wild.
(b) He pets it gently.
(c) He takes it as a pet.
(d) He performs an operation on it.

6. In Part 3: Chapter 7, who has benefited most from the two year sojourn with their grandmother?
(a) Opiyo.
(b) Vera.
(c) Opiyo.
(d) Becky.

7. In Part 2: Chapter 6, what subjects are taught in the newly founded primary school?
(a) Only History, Geography and English.
(b) English, Mathematics, Geography, Nature Study and History.
(c) Only religion, reading and simple arithmetic.
(d) Only Nature Study, Mathematics and Geography.

8. In Part 3: Chapter 4, what is Aoro's reaction to his brother's operation?
(a) He does not care about it at all.
(b) He is upset and cannot get over it.
(c) He is fascinated by the stitches on the scar.
(d) He is scared by the operation.

9. In Part 2: Chapter 7, how many men and women are at the teacher training college?
(a) 10 girls and 10 men.
(b) 20 girls and 20 men.
(c) 6 men and 28 girls.
(d) 6 girls and 28 men.

10. In Part 2: Chapter 7, what is the penalty for maintaining a liaison with someone of the opposite sex?
(a) Expulsion from the teacher training college.
(b) A fine of 100 shillings.
(c) Suspension for a week.
(d) A stern warning from the authorities.

11. In Part 3: Chapter 6, what does Elizabeth hope for as her mother becomes ill?
(a) To show her mother how much she cares.
(b) To end her engagement with Mark.
(c) To have more children.
(d) To move back to Nakuru.

12. In Part 3: Chapter 6, who is Elizabeth's father?
(a) Maria.
(b) Akoko.
(c) Opiyo.
(d) Mark.

13. In Part 2: Chapter 2, why does Nyabera join a group of travellers on her journey to the mission?
(a) To have company and for safety.
(b) To steal from them.
(c) To save time.
(d) To learn more about the new religion.

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

15. In Part 2: Chapter 6, what is the purpose of education for African boys during that time?
(a) To gain knowledge and skills.
(b) To work for the white man.
(c) To become wealthy by owning cattle.
(d) To lift the yoke of poverty by tilling the land.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2: Chapter 9, why does Maria find it easier to accept Akoko's death?

2. In Part 3: Chapter 2, what is the advice given by Jomo Kenyatta to his people?

3. In Part 3: Chapter 2, what is the effect of the Kenyan people's basic love of self?

4. In Part 3: Chapter 8, what was "the Box" in the context of the chapter (175)?

5. In Part 2: Chapter 1, what is the significance of the ceremony performed for Nyabera's daughter Obura?

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