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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) His mother.
(b) Kinuthia.
(c) Kamau.
(d) Nyambura.

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

3. How long has Reverend Livingstone been at Siriana?
(a) Twenty-five years.
(b) Twelve years.
(c) Twenty-two years.
(d) Thirty years.

4. What does Waiyaki notice that Joshua knows well?
(a) The white man's laws.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Hymns.
(d) The names of his congregation.

5. Who dies at the end of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Waiyaki's mother.
(b) Kabonyi.
(c) Chege.
(d) Joshua.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do many Gikuyu people see as a sign of a good teacher?

2. What happens when Joshua finishes his sermon?

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

4. Who visits Waiyaki's hut in Chapter Sixteen?

5. Whom does Nyambura suspect Waiyaki of planning to visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Waiyaki plan to speak about at the meeting of the parents?

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

3. Describe the new school.

4. Why does Waiyaki feel badly for Njeri?

5. Why were parents proud when their child came home with a tear-stained face?

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

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

8. Why does Waiyaki become angry with the rain?

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

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

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