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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Six through Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many sons does Chege have?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) None.

2. For what sin of his wife's does Joshua beg God's forgiveness?
(a) Her lack of authority with the people of Makuyu.
(b) Her circumcision.
(c) Her disobedience.
(d) Her failure to give birth to a son.

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

4. Which of these is not used as an instrument during the initiation dances?
(a) Whistles.
(b) Guitars.
(c) Broken tins.
(d) Horns.

5. What is the thingira?
(a) The community well.
(b) The man's hut.
(c) The medicine man.
(d) The women's hut.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal makes Waiyaki want to touch their bodies?

2. Where did Waiyaki's mother take him at the end of Chapter Three?

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

4. What does Nyambura see as a bad omen?

5. To what relative does Nyambura suggest Muthoni go to for help?

(see the answer key)

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