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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What starts off the meeting of the parents?
(a) The children singing.
(b) A sacrifice to Gikuyu and Mumbi.
(c) A celebratory feast.
(d) Proposals for the improvement of the schools.

2. What shape does Waiyaki see in his mind?
(a) A woman.
(b) A Mugumo tree.
(c) A school building.
(d) A fire.

3. Which of these is not something Waiyaki says at the meeting is needed for the schools?
(a) Pencils and paper.
(b) More teachers.
(c) Desks.
(d) Lavatories.

4. Which of these is not a function of the small building Waiyaki is in at the beginning of Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Staff room.
(b) Waiyaki's office.
(c) Classroom.
(d) Store room.

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

6. Who says he could kill Waiyaki?
(a) Kamau.
(b) Kabonyi.
(c) Joshua.
(d) Kinuthia.

7. Which of these men is not a teacher at the new school?
(a) Kamau.
(b) Waiyaki.
(c) Kabonyi.
(d) Kinuthia.

8. What happens when Joshua finishes his sermon?
(a) There is a recited prayer.
(b) The people sing a hymn.
(c) A child is baptised.
(d) An offering is taken.

9. Which of these is not a reason people came to the meeting at the school?
(a) To hear the progress reports on their children.
(b) To become a teacher.
(c) To see the Teacher.
(d) To see the famous Marioshoni school.

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

11. With whom does Nyambura long to discuss Muthoni's death?
(a) Joshua.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Miriamu.
(d) Waiyaki.

12. Who is the headmaster of the new school?
(a) Kabonyi.
(b) Kamau.
(c) Waiyaki.
(d) Kinuthia.

13. What do the Gikuyu people see as the white man's "magic"?
(a) Medicine.
(b) The new train.
(c) Education.
(d) Modern weapons.

14. Who tells Waiyaki that Nyambura is beautiful?
(a) Kabonyi.
(b) His mother.
(c) Kamau.
(d) Kinuthia.

15. Who has become the leader of the hills following Chege's death?
(a) An elder from Gathanjo.
(b) Waiyaki.
(c) Kabonyi.
(d) Joshua.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Waiyaki propose be built for the school that was opposed?

2. What is the name of the new school?

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

4. What is the season of long rains called?

5. Who dies at the end of Chapter Twelve?

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