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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 left money from her aunt.
(c) She is getting married next month.
(d) She has a friend who pays for her flat.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2: Chapter 5, how does Maria's mother react when she sees her daughter's face?

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

3. In Part 3: Chapter 1, why does Elizabeth move back to her old teaching job at Aluor?

4. In Part 3: Chapter 2, what is the attitude of Kenyans towards work?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 3: Chapter 7, why does Becky stay at home during the Christmas holidays?

2. In Part 2: Chapter 10, what does Peter do after the period of mourning is over and why is it important to him?

3. In Part 3: Chapter 6, why does Mark refuse to let Becky look for a job?

4. In Part 2: Chapter 2, what did the catechist tell Nyabera about learning the new religion?

5. In Part 2: Chapter 7, who offers to drive Awiti to the teacher training college and how does she feel about the experience?

6. In Part 2: Chapter 3, why did Nyabera and her friend decide to carry the pot of ghee with them?

7. In Part 2: Chapter 5, why did Maria avoid her mother's eyes throughout the evening?

8. In Part 2: Chapter 4, what are the two classes Owuor and Awiti are enrolled in?

9. In Part 2: Chapter 8, what is the main conflict the protagonist faces?

10. In Part 2: Chapter 2, why did Nyabera join a band of travelers during her journey?

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