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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 3: Chapter 6, what does the telegram from Aluor say?
(a) Maria is well.
(b) Maria is very ill.
(c) Mark should come visit.
(d) The twins are doing well.

2. In Part 2: Chapter 3, what does Nyabera's mother tell her when she expresses her longing to go back to the mission?
(a) To wait for her husband to return from his travels.
(b) To forget about the mission and focus on having children.
(c) To stay in Yimbo and continue with the new religion.
(d) To take her mother and the children with her to the mission.

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

4. 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 ensure the widow did not remarry.
(c) To provide for the widow and her children.
(d) To keep the dead man's name and lineage alive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 3: Chapter 5, why does Becky and Vera have different opinions about Mary?

2. In Part 2: Chapter 8, what is Elizabeth's job and how do people view her because of it?

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

4. In Part 3: Chapter 5, Why did Elizabeth insist on going to the National Hospital?

5. In Part 3: Chapter 3, how doesElizabeth punish Aoro and his brothers?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 3: Chapter 1, what is the difference in personality between Veronica and her sister Rebecca?

2. In Part 3: Chapter 2, what is the general feeling among the people of Kenya when the country gains its independence?

3. In Part 2: Chapter 1, how did Nyabera feel about the tero system?

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

5. In Part 3: Chapter 4, what happens when Aoro waits for his father in the sitting room?

6. In Part 3: Chapter 5, who takes matters into her own hands when Mark's wife is diagnosed with a serious condition?

7. In Part 2: Chapter 9, how does Elizabeth feel about her grandmother's death and why?

8. In Part 3: Chapter 10, who is Vera's roommate in her second year at the women's residence hall, and how does she treat Vera?

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

10. In Part 2: Chapter 6, what was the primary school like that Owuor's cousin joined?

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