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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the name of the new school?
(a) Demi na Mathathi.
(b) Kiama.
(c) Kihii.
(d) Marioshoni.

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

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

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

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

11. To what Bible character does Joshua compare Muthoni?
(a) Lot's wife.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Delilah.
(d) Mary Magdalene.

12. Which of these is not a function of the small building Waiyaki is in at the beginning of Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Store room.
(b) Staff room.
(c) Classroom.
(d) Waiyaki's office.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous quote of Jesus' does Joshua use in his sermon?

2. Who says he could kill Waiyaki?

3. What does "Gikuyu Karinga" mean?

4. Which of these is not an argument made against Waiyaki's plans?

5. What do the Gikuyu people see as the white man's "magic"?

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