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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Which of these men is not a teacher at the new school?
(a) Kabonyi.
(b) Kamau.
(c) Waiyaki.
(d) Kinuthia.

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

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

10. What does Waiyaki plan to have the children do the next day?
(a) Rethatch the roof.
(b) Mud the building.
(c) Dig trenches around the school.
(d) Plant a garden.

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

12. What famous quote of Jesus' does Joshua use in his sermon?
(a) "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."
(b) "If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also."
(c) "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God."
(d) "Ask and it will be given unto you; seek and ye shall find."

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

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

15. Who knows Waiyaki was in Joshua's church?
(a) Kinuthia.
(b) Nyambura.
(c) One of his student's parents.
(d) Kabonyi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had to tell Muthoni's family of her death?

2. How long has Reverend Livingstone been at Siriana?

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

4. What is the season of long rains called?

5. What is it said in Chapter Seventeen that one admired in Joshua?

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