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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Part 2: Chapter 1, what is the significance of the ceremony performed for Nyabera's daughter Obura?
2. In Part 3: Chapter 7, what is Vera studying for?
3. In Part 2: Chapter 9, why does Maria find it easier to accept Akoko's death?
4. In Part 2: Chapter 3, what does Nyabera insist her mother and child call her when she returned to Yimbo?
5. In Part 2: Chapter 2, what does Nyabera consider her favorite prayer and source of strength?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part 3: Chapter 5, who takes matters into her own hands when Mark's wife is diagnosed with a serious condition?
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 3: Chapter 1, how do the twins' physical development differ from each other?
5. In Part 2: Chapter 2, what did the catechist tell Nyabera about learning the new religion?
6. 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?
7. In Part 3: Chapter 8, does Vera still have a strong belief in the Church?
8. In Part 3: Chapter 6, why does Mark refuse to let Becky look for a job?
9. In Part 3: Chapter 1, what is the difference in personality between Veronica and her sister Rebecca?
10. In Part 2: Chapter 4, what are the two classes Owuor and Awiti are enrolled in?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Akoko is the epitome of courage and perseverance. Write an essay to support this statement basing your answer on The River and The Source by Margaret Ogola.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the ways in which Margaret Ogola portrays the intersection of race and class in The River and the Source.
Essay Topic 3
Explore the various forms of discrimination depicted in The River and the Source and how they affect the characters.
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