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

2. What did Waiyaki propose be built for the school that was opposed?
(a) A well.
(b) Lavatories.
(c) A third building.
(d) A garden.

3. Where are the circumcisions performed?
(a) On the river's banks.
(b) Around the main village well.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) In each initiate's hut.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Waiyaki wish he could hold close to him?

2. Who dies at the end of Chapter Twelve?

3. How does Muthoni get to Siriana?

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

5. What is the season of long rains called?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the new school.

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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