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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 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 jealous of Vera all her life.
(c) She is getting married next month.
(d) She is left money from her aunt.

2. 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 indifferent to the benefits of independence.
(d) They are able to live in peace with each other.

3. In Part 3: Chapter 7, who is Tommy Muhambe?
(a) Vera's brother.
(b) Vera's admirer.
(c) Vera's father.
(d) Vera's teacher.

4. In Part 2: Chapter 4, why does Akoko wear a kerchief on her head after being baptized?
(a) To commemorate the woman who wiped Kristo's face on his way to Calvary.
(b) To show her affiliation with a specific tribe.
(c) To express her fear of the future.
(d) To protect her head from the sun.

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

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 2: Chapter 1, How does Awiti help Nyabera after her husband's death?

3. In Part 3: Chapter 10, why does Vera feel like she does not understand her faith?

4. In Part 3: Chapter 6, what does Elizabeth hope for as her mother becomes ill?

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

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 3: Chapter 9, why is Becky hesitant to tell her parents about her engagement to John?

3. In Part 3: Chapter 3, what happens when Aoro and his brothers go to the river?

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

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

6. In Part 3: Chapter 2, why do the white people leave Kenya after independence?

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

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

9. In Part 2: Chapter 1, what did the midwife do with the baby after the ceremony?

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

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