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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Part 2: Chapter 8, what is Akoko's condition and how does she feel about it?
(a) She is healthy and happy.
(b) She has poor hearing and weak eyesight, but is content.
(c) She is experiencing strange heart palpitations but does not mind.
(d) She is nearing the end of her life and longs for her late husband.

3. In Part 3: Chapter 2, what is the effect of the Kenyan people's basic love of self?
(a) They are unable to forgive the white man for their past treatment.
(b) They are able to live in peace with each other.
(c) They are indifferent to the benefits of independence.
(d) They are easily incited to violence by politicians.

4. In Part 2: Chapter 1, How does Awiti help Nyabera after her husband's death?
(a) She finds a new husband for her mother.
(b) She comforts her mother and offered emotional support.
(c) She takes over the household chores.
(d) She asks questions and demanded answers about her father's death.

5. In Part 3: Chapter 9, what does Becky reveal to her sister Vera that shocks her?
(a) She has a friend who pays for her flat.
(b) She is getting married next month.
(c) She is left money from her aunt.
(d) She is jealous of Vera all her life.

6. In Part 3: Chapter 6, what is the reason for Mark and Elizabeth's sudden departure?
(a) Elizabeth's mother is very ill.
(b) They receive a telegram from the twins.
(c) Mark loses his job.
(d) They want to go on a trip.

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

8. In Part 3: Chapter 2, what is the attitude of Kenyans towards work?
(a) They have a great capacity for work.
(b) They are only willing to work for high pay
(c) They are lazy and unproductive.
(d) They are unwilling to work in agriculture.

9. In Part 2: Chapter 1, why does Ogoma Kwach neglect his wife after marrying Nyabera?
(a) He wants to have a son with Nyabera to have a foothold on her wealth.
(b) He is following the spirits' directions.
(c) He is tired of his wife.
(d) He is in love with Nyabera.

10. In Part 2: Chapter 1, what is the purpose of the tero in Nyabera's culture?
(a) To ensure the widow did not remarry.
(b) To provide for the widow and her children.
(c) To keep the dead man's name and lineage alive.
(d) To give the husband rights over the woman.

11. 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 laughs at her daughter's concern.
(b) She agrees with her daughter and advised her to leave the new religion.
(c) She ignores her daughter's concern and changed the subject.
(d) She offers to help her daughter find a solution to the problem..

12. In Part 2: Chapter 2, how does Nyabera feel after seeing the church and hearing about the central teaching of Christianity?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Angry.
(d) Confused.

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 learn more about the new religion.
(c) To save time.
(d) To steal from them.

14. In Part 2: Chapter 10, what does Elizabeth believe about her marriage with Mark?
(a) That it will be easy and without difficulties.
(b) That the Church's teachings will help her continue to love her husband.
(c) That it will only last a short time.
(d) That her unshakeable faith in God will prevent any problems in the marriage.

15. In Part 2: Chapter 7, what is Awiti's attitude towards the overtures made by the men at the teacher training college?
(a) She is annoyed and angry.
(b) She is scared and intimidated.
(c) She is indifferent and apparently cold.
(d) She is flattered and encouraged them.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2: Chapter 7, how many men and women are at the teacher training college?

2. In Part 3: Chapter 3, how do the twins react when they see their father reaching for his main implement of discipline?

3. In Part 2: Chapter 3, what does Nyabera insist her mother and child call her when she returned to Yimbo?

4. In Part 3: Chapter 1, what do the parents do when they notice the difference between Veronica and Rebecca's size and personality?

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

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