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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nyambura's reason for not going to church in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) A headache.
(b) A fever.
(c) She is exhausted.
(d) A stomachache.

2. What does Waiyaki notice that Joshua knows well?
(a) The white man's laws.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Hymns.
(d) The names of his congregation.

3. What does Reverend Livingstone usually wear on his head?
(a) A fedora.
(b) His glasses.
(c) A pith helmet.
(d) A bandana.

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

5. Who does Waiyaki set off to see in the night?
(a) Nyambura.
(b) Kinuthia.
(c) His mother.
(d) Kamau.

6. Which of these is not a reason people came to the meeting at the school?
(a) To see the famous Marioshoni school.
(b) To hear the progress reports on their children.
(c) To become a teacher.
(d) To see the Teacher.

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

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

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

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

11. Where was Nyambura supposed to meet Waiyaki at the beginning of Chapter Sixteen?
(a) The school.
(b) Joshua's house.
(c) His hut.
(d) The river.

12. What happens when Joshua finishes his sermon?
(a) The people sing a hymn.
(b) There is a recited prayer.
(c) A child is baptised.
(d) An offering is taken.

13. How does Muthoni get to Siriana?
(a) She walks.
(b) She is pushed on a cart.
(c) She rides a donkey.
(d) She is carried on a stretcher.

14. Who saw Waiyaki in Mukuyu late at night?
(a) Kamau.
(b) Kinuthia.
(c) Kabonyi.
(d) Joshua.

15. Who had to tell Muthoni's family of her death?
(a) Chege.
(b) Reverend Livingstone.
(c) Kabonyi.
(d) Waiyaki.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Christians in Makuyu called?

2. Who leads the first split within the ridge people?

3. Which of these is not a skill taught to the children?

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

5. Who tells Muthoni's family about her illness?

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