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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 3: Chapter 5, Why did Elizabeth insist on going to the National Hospital?
(a) It is closer to their home.
(b) They have better facilities than the hospital they are in.
(c) Elizabeth has a personal connection with one of the doctors there.
(d) Mark wants to go there.

2. In Part 3: Chapter 3, what do Aoro and his siblings do at the river?
(a) Fish.
(b) Collect rocks.
(c) Play a game.
(d) Swim.

3. In Part 3: Chapter 8, why does Tommy feel no strong need to sample the market before settling down?
(a) He wants to avoid the fast-moving Mercedes types.
(b) He believes in being faithful to his girlfriend .
(c) He is too busy with his studies to date.
(d) He is not interested in dating other women.

4. In Part 3: Chapter 6, who is Elizabeth's father?
(a) Opiyo.
(b) Mark.
(c) Maria.
(d) Akoko.

5. In Part 2: Chapter 5, why does Maria feel guilty and confess to the priest?
(a) She had gotten into a fight with her sister.
(b) She had stolen money from her mother.
(c) She had been living with a married man.
(d) She had skipped church for two years.

6. In Part 2: Chapter 7, how many men and women are at the teacher training college?
(a) 6 men and 28 girls.
(b) 6 girls and 28 men.
(c) 20 girls and 20 men.
(d) 10 girls and 10 men.

7. In Part 2: Chapter 2, what does Nyabera have to do in order to receive the batiso (baptism)?
(a) Complete a written exam.
(b) Complete a physical exam.
(c) Speak the Latin language fluently.
(d) Understand the teachings of religion and agree with them.

8. In Part 2: Chapter 2, how does Nyabera feel after seeing the church and hearing about the central teaching of Christianity?
(a) Angry.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Confused.
(d) Hopeful.

9. In Part 3: Chapter 6, what is the reason for Mark and Elizabeth's sudden departure?
(a) They want to go on a trip.
(b) Elizabeth's mother is very ill.
(c) Mark loses his job.
(d) They receive a telegram from the twins.

10. In Part 2: Chapter 3, how does Nyabera's mother react when her daughter expresses her concern about not being able to have children with the new religion?
(a) She agrees with her daughter and advised her to leave the new religion.
(b) She ignores her daughter's concern and changed the subject.
(c) She laughs at her daughter's concern.
(d) She offers to help her daughter find a solution to the problem..

11. In Part 2: Chapter 7, what is Awiti's attitude towards the overtures made by the men at the teacher training college?
(a) She is scared and intimidated.
(b) She is indifferent and apparently cold.
(c) She is annoyed and angry.
(d) She is flattered and encouraged them.

12. In Part 2: Chapter 4, why does Akoko wear a kerchief on her head after being baptized?
(a) To protect her head from the sun.
(b) To show her affiliation with a specific tribe.
(c) To commemorate the woman who wiped Kristo's face on his way to Calvary.
(d) To express her fear of the future.

13. In Part 3: Chapter 1, at what age did Veronica start crawling around the house?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 7 months.
(d) 8 months.

14. In Part 3: Chapter 2, what is the attitude of most Kenyans towards independence?
(a) They Are angry about it
(b) They sre indifferent towards it.
(c) They Are afraid of it.
(d) They are happy and jubilant about it.

15. In Part 2: Chapter 4, what does Owuor become after moving closer to the church?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A missionary.
(c) A catechist.
(d) A sacristan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 3: Chapter 3, what happens to Odongo at the river?

2. In Part 2: Chapter 3, what does Nyabera's mother tell her when she expresses her longing to go back to the mission?

3. In Part 3: Chapter 10, how does Vera deal with examination fever?

4. In Part 2: Chapter 8, what is Akoko's condition and how does she feel about it?

5. In Part 3: Chapter 6, what does Elizabeth hope for as her mother becomes ill?

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