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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Waiyaki plan to have the children do the next day?

2. Who knows Waiyaki was in Joshua's church?

3. What kind of disease does Chege have?

4. Who is Njeri?

5. Whom does Nyambura suspect Waiyaki of planning to visit?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Waiyaki feel about his mother?

5. What is Waiyaki's reaction to Nyambura's not coming to visit?

6. Describe the new school.

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

8. What images come to Waiyaki while he is trying to sleep?

9. What is Waiyaki's relationship with Kabonyi like?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose at least two characters and discuss the ways in which parental expectations play a role in developing that character; these can be positive or negative expectations and can have positive or negative ramifications.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role that Honia river plays in Ngugi's novel. How is it described, in what scenes does it appear?

Essay Topic 3

One of the concepts that is made much of throughout "The River Between" is purity. Discuss the meaning of purity and what it means to different characters.

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