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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Fifteen through Eighteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who were Demi na Mathathi?
(a) Minor gods.
(b) Ancient warriors.
(c) The priests who performed sacred rites.
(d) Giants of the tribe.

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

4. Whom is Waiyaki shocked to see at the initiation preparations?
(a) Kamau.
(b) Nyambura.
(c) Kinuthia.
(d) Muthoni.

5. What kind of animal does Waiyaki sit next to in the thingira at the beginning of Chapter Four?
(a) A horse.
(b) A cow.
(c) A dog.
(d) A sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What of Muthoni's seems to hold Waiyaki still in the dance circle?

2. With whom is Waiyaki talking when Nyambura passes them?

3. Which of these behaviors is not one condemned by Joshua?

4. Who tells Waiyaki that Nyambura is beautiful?

5. What kind of tree grows near the edge of the sacred hill?

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