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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Fifteen through Eighteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who once told Waiyaki that the arm of the white man is long?
(a) Joshua.
(b) Reverend Livingstone.
(c) Kabonyi.
(d) Chege.

2. What do the majority of the houses in the village look like?
(a) Round, thatched huts.
(b) Rectangular buildings with tin roofs.
(c) Mud-brick, square structures.
(d) Log cabins.

3. How long has Reverend Livingstone been at Siriana?
(a) Thirty years.
(b) Twenty-five years.
(c) Twenty-two years.
(d) Twelve years.

4. Which of these behaviors is not one condemned by Joshua?
(a) Traditional dances.
(b) Drinking alcohol.
(c) Singing songs of praise.
(d) Circumcision.

5. Who is Nyambura going to see?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Kamau.
(c) Kabonyi.
(d) Johana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rumor is circulated about Muthoni after her death?

2. To what relative does Nyambura suggest Muthoni go to for help?

3. Who dies at the end of Chapter Twelve?

4. Who does Muthoni most wish to see while she is ill?

5. Who was the one person Waiyaki felt he'd been able to be emotionally close to?

(see the answer key)

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