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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 besides Waiyaki knows the details of the old prophecy?
(a) His mother.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Reverend Livingstone.
(d) Kabonyi.

2. Who does Muthoni most wish to see while she is ill?
(a) Chege.
(b) Nyambura.
(c) Joshua.
(d) Miriamu.

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

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

5. Who says he could kill Waiyaki?
(a) Kinuthia.
(b) Kamau.
(c) Joshua.
(d) Kabonyi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the first split within the ridge people?

2. What does Waiyaki go to get for his father?

3. What starts off the meeting of the parents?

4. Who is Nyambura going to see?

5. Who dies at the end of Chapter Twelve?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the history of Marioshoni?

2. What is the overall reaction to Muthoni's death among the people of the ridges?

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

4. How does Waiyaki feel about his mother?

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

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

7. Describe the new school.

8. What is the subject of the songs sung by the children?

9. How does Joshua react to the news of his daughter's death?

10. Describe the scene Waiyaki walks into in Chapter Fifteen.

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