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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters One through Five.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were Gikuyu and Mumbi?
(a) The first people of the tribe.
(b) The first people to settle on the Kameno ridge.
(c) Waiyaki's grandparents.
(d) Great warriors of the tribe.

2. How did Waiyaki feel the morning of the ceremony in Chapter Three?
(a) Excited.
(b) Terrified.
(c) Angry.
(d) Dejected.

3. What animal was slaughtered for the ceremony?
(a) A goat.
(b) A cow.
(c) A pig.
(d) A sheep.

4. Who was the great witch whose magic won him great fame?
(a) Mugo wa Kibiro.
(b) Murungu.
(c) Wachiori.
(d) Kamiri.

5. What is the name of the mountain Waiyaki and Chege can see in the distance at the end of Chapter Four?
(a) Kulal.
(b) Karenga.
(c) Kilimanjaro.
(d) Kerinyaga.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weapon do the two boys use to fight one another?

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

3. What gave Waiyaki a scar above his left eye?

4. From where did the ancient seer whisper to his son that salvation would come?

5. What reaction did Waiyaki have that was unusual?

(see the answer key)

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