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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. What happens when Joshua finishes his sermon?
(a) A child is baptised.
(b) An offering is taken.
(c) The people sing a hymn.
(d) There is a recited prayer.

2. What is Nyambura's reason for not going to church in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) She is exhausted.
(b) A fever.
(c) A stomachache.
(d) A headache.

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

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

5. Who is Nyambura going to see?
(a) Kamau.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Kabonyi.
(d) Johana.

Short Answer Questions

1. About whom is Waiyaki warned near the end of Chapter Sixteen?

2. How are the children dismissed from school?

3. What did Waiyaki propose be built for the school that was opposed?

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

5. Who saw Waiyaki in Mukuyu late at night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the history of Marioshoni?

4. Why does Waiyaki become angry with the rain?

5. Why does Waiyaki not feel warm toward Kamau?

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

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

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

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

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

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