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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the Christians in Makuyu called?
(a) "White Gikuyu."
(b) "Traitors of Murungu."
(c) "Men of Joshua."
(d) "Jesus Followers."

2. What do the Gikuyu people see as the white man's "magic"?
(a) The new train.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Modern weapons.
(d) Education.

3. Where does Waiyaki think he will go to get more teachers?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) Siriana.
(c) Kerinyaga.
(d) Mukuyu.

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

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

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

7. Who visits Waiyaki's hut in Chapter Sixteen?
(a) Kinuthia.
(b) Nyambura.
(c) His mother.
(d) Kamau.

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

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

10. Whom does Nyambura suspect Waiyaki of planning to visit?
(a) Kabonyi.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Kinuthia.
(d) Kamau.

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

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

13. Who leads the first split within the ridge people?
(a) Nyambura.
(b) Waiyaki.
(c) Kabonyi.
(d) Chege.

14. About whom is Waiyaki warned near the end of Chapter Sixteen?
(a) Joshua.
(b) Kamau.
(c) Kabonyi.
(d) Kinuthia.

15. Who is the headmaster of the new school?
(a) Kabonyi.
(b) Kamau.
(c) Kinuthia.
(d) Waiyaki.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Waiyaki become angry near the end of Chapter Thirteen?

2. What does Waiyaki wish he could hold close to him?

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

4. What is the name of the new school?

5. Who knows Waiyaki was in Joshua's church?

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