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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 5, how does Maria's mother react when she sees her daughter's face?
(a) She scolds her daughter for leaving without notice.
(b) She hesitates before reaching for her daughter.
(c) She ignores her daughter and focused on the children.
(d) She hugs her daughter tightly.

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

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

4. In Part 2: Chapter 1, what is the significance of the ceremony performed for Nyabera's daughter Obura?
(a) It is to confuse the evil spirits and enhance the child's chances of survival.
(b) It is to celebrate the birth of the child.
(c) It is a naming ceremony.
(d) It is to ward off any illnesses.

5. 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 flattered and encouraged them.
(b) She is annoyed and angry.
(c) She is scared and intimidated.
(d) She is indifferent and apparently cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2: Chapter 10, how do the people in the parish view Father Peter?

2. In Part 3: Chapter 3, what do Aoro and his siblings do at the river?

3. In Part 2: Chapter 8, what is Akoko's condition and how does she feel about it?

4. In Part 3: Chapter 9, what does Becky reveal to her sister Vera that shocks her?

5. In Part 2: Chapter 5, why does Maria feel guilty and confess to the priest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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 4, what are the two classes Owuor and Awiti are enrolled in?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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