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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. How are the children dismissed from school?
(a) The blowing of a horn.
(b) The teachers formally thank the children for coming and are thanked in return.
(c) The striking of a piece of iron on a string.
(d) The beating of drums.

2. Who leads the first split within the ridge people?
(a) Chege.
(b) Kabonyi.
(c) Waiyaki.
(d) Nyambura.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Njeri?

3. Who is Nyambura going to see?

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

5. What is the name of the new school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the new school.

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

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

5. Why does Waiyaki feel badly for Njeri?

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Waiyaki become angry with the rain?

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