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

2. What starts off the meeting of the parents?
(a) Proposals for the improvement of the schools.
(b) The children singing.
(c) A celebratory feast.
(d) A sacrifice to Gikuyu and Mumbi.

3. What does "Gikuyu Karinga" mean?
(a) "Education is imperative."
(b) "Never surrender."
(c) "Keep the tribe pure."
(d) "Gikuyu land forever."

4. Who is Njeri?
(a) Waiyaki's mother.
(b) Chege's second wife.
(c) Muthoni's aunt.
(d) Chege's sister.

5. Where was Nyambura supposed to meet Waiyaki at the beginning of Chapter Sixteen?
(a) The river.
(b) The school.
(c) His hut.
(d) Joshua's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Waiyaki set off to see in the night?

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

3. Who knows Waiyaki was in Joshua's church?

4. Who has become the leader of the hills following Chege's death?

5. What shape does Waiyaki see in his mind?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Waiyaki feel badly for Njeri?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the new school.

9. Why does Waiyaki become angry with the rain?

10. What changes Reverend Livingstone's mind about how to deal with the traditional tribal customs?

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