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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 does Reverend Livingstone usually wear on his head?
(a) A pith helmet.
(b) His glasses.
(c) A bandana.
(d) A fedora.

2. With whom does Chege discuss Muthoni's illness?
(a) Waiyaki.
(b) Kabonyi.
(c) Joshua.
(d) An elder from Gathanjo.

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

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

5. Where does Waiyaki think he will go to get more teachers?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) Siriana.
(c) Kerinyaga.
(d) Mukuyu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Muthoni say she sees as she is dying?

2. What does Waiyaki notice that Joshua knows well?

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

4. Who besides Waiyaki knows the details of the old prophecy?

5. Where is Muthoni taken at the end of Chapter Ten?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What vision of the future does Waiyaki see after leaving Joshua's church?

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

4. Before meeting him at Mukuyu, what is Nyambura's opinion of Waiyaki?

5. Why does Waiyaki not feel warm toward Kamau?

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

7. How does Waiyaki feel about his mother?

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

9. Describe the new school.

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

(see the answer keys)

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