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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of these is not a skill taught to the children?
(a) Foreign language.
(b) Reading.
(c) Scientific inquiry.
(d) Writing.

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

4. With whom does Chege discuss Muthoni's illness?
(a) Joshua.
(b) Waiyaki.
(c) An elder from Gathanjo.
(d) Kabonyi.

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

6. Which of these is not something Waiyaki says at the meeting is needed for the schools?
(a) More teachers.
(b) Lavatories.
(c) Pencils and paper.
(d) Desks.

7. What shape does Waiyaki see in his mind?
(a) A fire.
(b) A school building.
(c) A woman.
(d) A Mugumo tree.

8. Where is Muthoni taken at the end of Chapter Ten?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) To the river to be washed.
(c) Siriana Hospital.
(d) Her father's house.

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

10. What is the season of long rains called?
(a) Kihii.
(b) Thingira.
(c) Njahi.
(d) Mwariki.

11. What did Waiyaki forget to preach in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Expansion of the schools.
(b) Importance of learning.
(c) Purity of the tribe.
(d) Reconciliation.

12. What starts off the meeting of the parents?
(a) The children singing.
(b) A sacrifice to Gikuyu and Mumbi.
(c) A celebratory feast.
(d) Proposals for the improvement of the schools.

13. What is the most striking thing about Waiyaki?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His voice.
(c) His height.
(d) His smile.

14. Who does Muthoni most wish to see while she is ill?
(a) Nyambura.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Chege.
(d) Miriamu.

15. Who wishes s/he had been told of Muthoni's illness earlier?
(a) Joshua.
(b) Miriamu.
(c) Nyambura.
(d) Chege.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do many Gikuyu people see as a sign of a good teacher?

2. Who has become the leader of the hills following Chege's death?

3. How long has Reverend Livingstone been at Siriana?

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

5. Who saw Waiyaki in Mukuyu late at night?

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