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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Fourteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Muthoni want to do in Chapter Six?
(a) Marry a white man.
(b) Join the church.
(c) Be circumcised.
(d) See the world outside of Kikuyu.

2. What kind of tree grows near the edge of the sacred hill?
(a) Mugumo.
(b) Baobob.
(c) Acacia.
(d) Camphor.

3. Who sometimes helps Joshua with the Sunday service?
(a) Nyambura.
(b) Muthoni.
(c) Miriamu.
(d) Kabonyi.

4. Where are the circumcisions performed?
(a) Around the main village well.
(b) On the river's banks.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) In each initiate's hut.

5. What does Waiyaki plan to have the children do the next day?
(a) Rethatch the roof.
(b) Dig trenches around the school.
(c) Mud the building.
(d) Plant a garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom is Waiyaki shocked to see at the initiation preparations?

2. With what does Waiyaki become angry near the end of Chapter Thirteen?

3. Which of these is not something Muthoni tells Waiyaki she wants?

4. What do many Gikuyu people see as a sign of a good teacher?

5. What is the name of the Creator who made the first people of the tribe?

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