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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has Waiyaki tried to talk to but been unable to voice his thoughts?
(a) Kamau.
(b) His mother.
(c) Nyambura.
(d) Kinuthia.

2. With what does Waiyaki become angry near the end of Chapter Thirteen?
(a) His father's prophecy.
(b) The rain.
(c) The idea of having to pay taxes.
(d) Kamau's arguments.

3. What is it said in Chapter Seventeen that one admired in Joshua?
(a) His compassion.
(b) His strength.
(c) His gentility.
(d) His fidelity.

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

5. 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) Waiyaki's office.
(d) Classroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saw Waiyaki in Mukuyu late at night?

2. What is Waiyaki called by the people?

3. Who is the headmaster of the new school?

4. Who does Muthoni say she sees as she is dying?

5. Who wishes s/he had been told of Muthoni's illness earlier?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Waiyaki wait for the "surgeon" at the beginning of Chapter Ten?

2. What is Waiyaki's relationship with Kabonyi like?

3. How does Nyambura feel about Waiyaki at the end of Chapter 17?

4. What images come to Waiyaki while he is trying to sleep?

5. What arguments does Kabonyi use against Waiyaki at the meeting?

6. Before meeting him at Mukuyu, what is Nyambura's opinion of Waiyaki?

7. What is it that people most admire in Joshua?

8. Describe the new school.

9. What news does Waiyaki hear from the Siriana Mission near the end of Chapter Twelve?

10. Why does Muthoni think no one from her family comes to see her?

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