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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Which of these is not an argument made against Waiyaki's plans?
(a) A smaller-than-usual expected harvest.
(b) The children weren't really learning.
(c) Waiyaki's youth.
(d) The new taxes being imposed.

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

9. Who can tell that Nyambura is excited and dreamy?
(a) Waiyaki.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Miriamu.
(d) Kamau.

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

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

12. What do many Gikuyu people see as a sign of a good teacher?
(a) The beating of students.
(b) Hearing the teacher yell at the students.
(c) The arrival of real books in the village.
(d) Long school days.

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

14. What is Waiyaki watching at the beginning of Chapter Thirteen?
(a) An animal sacrifice.
(b) Children playing.
(c) A ceremonial dance.
(d) The rain.

15. Who was the one person Waiyaki felt he'd been able to be emotionally close to?
(a) Kinuthia.
(b) Reverend Livingstone.
(c) His young sister.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Muthoni most wish to see while she is ill?

2. What kind of disease does Chege have?

3. On what does Kinuthia intimate the Gikuyu will have to pay taxes?

4. What does Waiyaki notice that Joshua knows well?

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

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