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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does Kabonyi wish were in Waiyaki's place?
(a) Kamau.
(b) Himself.
(c) Kinuthia.
(d) Joshua.
2. Which of these men is not a teacher at the new school?
(a) Kinuthia.
(b) Waiyaki.
(c) Kamau.
(d) Kabonyi.
3. Where does Waiyaki think he will go to get more teachers?
(a) Siriana.
(b) Mukuyu.
(c) Kerinyaga.
(d) Nairobi.
4. What is the name of the new school?
(a) Marioshoni.
(b) Demi na Mathathi.
(c) Kihii.
(d) Kiama.
5. With what does Waiyaki become angry near the end of Chapter Thirteen?
(a) The idea of having to pay taxes.
(b) Kamau's arguments.
(c) His father's prophecy.
(d) The rain.
6. What famous quote of Jesus' does Joshua use in his sermon?
(a) "If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also."
(b) "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."
(c) "Ask and it will be given unto you; seek and ye shall find."
(d) "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God."
7. What did Waiyaki forget to preach in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Purity of the tribe.
(b) Expansion of the schools.
(c) Importance of learning.
(d) Reconciliation.
8. What is the season of long rains called?
(a) Mwariki.
(b) Kihii.
(c) Njahi.
(d) Thingira.
9. Who knows Waiyaki was in Joshua's church?
(a) Kinuthia.
(b) Nyambura.
(c) Kabonyi.
(d) One of his student's parents.
10. Who was the one person Waiyaki felt he'd been able to be emotionally close to?
(a) His young sister.
(b) Kinuthia.
(c) Reverend Livingstone.
(d) His father.
11. With whom is Waiyaki talking when Nyambura passes them?
(a) Joshua.
(b) Kabonyi.
(c) Kinuthia.
(d) Kamau.
12. What do many Gikuyu people see as a sign of a good teacher?
(a) Hearing the teacher yell at the students.
(b) Long school days.
(c) The arrival of real books in the village.
(d) The beating of students.
13. What does "Gikuyu Karinga" mean?
(a) "Keep the tribe pure."
(b) "Never surrender."
(c) "Education is imperative."
(d) "Gikuyu land forever."
14. How does Muthoni get to Siriana?
(a) She is carried on a stretcher.
(b) She walks.
(c) She rides a donkey.
(d) She is pushed on a cart.
15. What is given to Waiyaki to cover him after his circumcision?
(a) A white sheet.
(b) Wet rags.
(c) A tiger skin.
(d) A colorful blanket.
Short Answer Questions
1. What gives Nyambura peace?
2. Who dies at the end of Chapter Twelve?
3. Who does Waiyaki set off to see in the night?
4. What is the most striking thing about Waiyaki?
5. What rumor is circulated about Muthoni after her death?
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