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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 8, what was "the Box" in the context of the chapter (175)?
(a) Women's halls of residence.
(b) A popular campus hangout spot.
(c) A type of car seen on campus.
(d) A lecture hall.

2. In Part 2: Chapter 10, how do the people in the parish view Father Peter?
(a) As a beloved and dedicated figure.
(b) As a beloved and dedicated figure.
(c) As an ineffective and disorganized figure.
(d) As a priest who took his calling for granted.

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

4. In Part 2: Chapter 5, why does Maria feel guilty and confess to the priest?
(a) She had skipped church for two years.
(b) She had been living with a married man.
(c) She had stolen money from her mother.
(d) She had gotten into a fight with her sister.

5. In Part 2: Chapter 9, what is Elizabeth's reaction to her grandmother's death?
(a) She accepts it easily.
(b) She does not care.
(c) She is relieved
(d) She is angry and confused.

6. In Part 2: Chapter 4, what does the catechist notice about Akoko that led him to build a house for her?
(a) She is an excellent cook.
(b) She never repeats anything she heard to anyone and rarely socialized.
(c) She is very talkative and gossipy.
(d) She is wealthy and had many possessions.

7. In Part 3: Chapter 5, what is the main reason for Mark and Elizabeth's frequent hospital visits during the pregnancy?
(a) The baby has a heart condition.
(b) Elizabeth has high blood pressure.
(c) Mark is ill.
(d) Elizabeth has a miscarriage.

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

9. In Part 3: Chapter 1, how does Becky learn to crawl?
(a) She learns by imitating her sister, but backwards at first.
(b) She learns by watching other babies.
(c) She learns by taking a crawling class.
(d) She never learned to crawl and went straight to walking.

10. In Part 3: Chapter 7, what does Mark think of Tommy Muhambe?
(a) He does not like him.
(b) He thinks he is a liar.
(c) He is indifferent towards him.
(d) He likes him.

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

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

13. In Part 3: Chapter 7, what is Vera studying for?
(a) Ordinary Level Examination.
(b) Certificate of Higher Education.
(c) Advanced Level Examination.
(d) Certificate of Primary Education.

14. In Part 2: Chapter 7, what does Awiti wear on her way to the teacher training college?
(a) A black suit with a red tie.
(b) A sky blue cotton frock with a white border at the hem and a brand new wooden box.
(c) A yellow skirt and a green blouse.
(d) A white dress with a blue hat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2: Chapter 7, what is Awiti's attitude towards the overtures made by the men at the teacher training college?

2. In Part 3: Chapter 7, who has benefited most from the two year sojourn with their grandmother?

3. In Part 2: Chapter 3, what does Nyabera's mother tell her when she expresses her longing to go back to the mission?

4. In Part 2: Chapter 6, what subjects are taught in the newly founded primary school?

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

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