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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Kabonyi wish were in Waiyaki's place?
(a) Kamau.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Himself.
(d) Kinuthia.

2. Who dies at the end of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Joshua.
(b) Chege.
(c) Kabonyi.
(d) Waiyaki's mother.

3. What is Waiyaki called by the people?
(a) "The Chosen One."
(b) "The Prophet."
(c) "The Leader."
(d) "The Teacher."

4. What is it said in Chapter Seventeen that one admired in Joshua?
(a) His strength.
(b) His gentility.
(c) His compassion.
(d) His fidelity.

5. With whom does Nyambura long to discuss Muthoni's death?
(a) Waiyaki.
(b) Miriamu.
(c) Joshua.
(d) Her aunt.

6. Who does Muthoni say she sees as she is dying?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Nyambura.
(c) Murungu.
(d) Joshua.

7. Who tells Waiyaki that Nyambura is beautiful?
(a) Kinuthia.
(b) Kabonyi.
(c) Kamau.
(d) His mother.

8. Who has become the leader of the hills following Chege's death?
(a) Joshua.
(b) An elder from Gathanjo.
(c) Waiyaki.
(d) Kabonyi.

9. With whom is Waiyaki talking when Nyambura passes them?
(a) Kinuthia.
(b) Kabonyi.
(c) Kamau.
(d) Joshua.

10. How are the children dismissed from school?
(a) The teachers formally thank the children for coming and are thanked in return.
(b) The blowing of a horn.
(c) The beating of drums.
(d) The striking of a piece of iron on a string.

11. What is a Kiama?
(a) A council to preserve the tribal customs.
(b) A traditional secondary school.
(c) A traditional pilgrimage to the seat of Murungu.
(d) A graduation ceremony.

12. What did Waiyaki propose be built for the school that was opposed?
(a) A garden.
(b) A third building.
(c) Lavatories.
(d) A well.

13. What gives Nyambura peace?
(a) Singing hymns.
(b) The river.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Cooking.

14. What does Waiyaki plan to have the children do the next day?
(a) Mud the building.
(b) Dig trenches around the school.
(c) Rethatch the roof.
(d) Plant a garden.

15. What kind of disease does Chege have?
(a) Skin.
(b) Stomach.
(c) Lung.
(d) Heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Nyambura going to see?

2. Where is Muthoni taken at the end of Chapter Ten?

3. What shape does Waiyaki see in his mind?

4. Who besides Waiyaki knows the details of the old prophecy?

5. Who visits Waiyaki's hut in Chapter Sixteen?

(see the answer keys)

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