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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Love and Life (Chapters 1 - 10).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 1: Chapter 5, what does the protagonist feel about leaving her house?
(a) She feels indifferent about it.
(b) She feels angry and vengeful.
(c) She feels it was a great wound in her heart.
(d) She feels happy and relieved.

2. In Part 2: Chapter 5, how does Owuor help Maria during her time of agony?
(a) He reads to her from psalms.
(b) He cooks her meals and cleaned the house.
(c) He makes her laugh with his jokes.
(d) He gives her money to help her situation.

3. In Part 2: Chapter 1, what is the purpose of the tero in Nyabera's culture?
(a) To provide for the widow and her children.
(b) To ensure the widow did not remarry.
(c) To keep the dead man's name and lineage alive.
(d) To give the husband rights over the woman.

4. In Part 1: Chapter 4, how does the passage portray marriage?
(a) As a transactional relationship based on cattle.
(b) As a sacred and unbreakable bond.
(c) As a source of pride for the woman's family.
(d) As a way for men to own women body and soul.

5. In Part 1: Chapter 8, why is it difficult to get rid of a bad hereditary chief in Ramogi?
(a) The people love their chief too much.
(b) Bloodshed is a great taboo for the people.
(c) The chief has too much power.
(d) The people are indifferent towards their chief.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1: Chapter 1, what is the chief's initial reaction to the birth of his eighth child?

2. In Part 3: Chapter 7, who has benefited most from the two year sojourn with their grandmother?

3. In Part 3: Chapter 6, what does the telegram from Aluor say?

4. In Part 3: Chapter 1, at what age did Veronica start crawling around the house?

5. In Part 3: Chapter 2, what is the attitude of most Kenyans towards independence?

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