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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. What is the meaning of "tiitheru"?
(a) "The scared place."
(b) "Blessing."
(c) "Becoming a man."
(d) "Of a truth."

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

3. How many daughters were born to the father and mother of the tribe?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Nine.
(d) Five.

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

5. What does Nyambura see as a bad omen?
(a) Clouds covering the sun.
(b) An antelope crossing their path.
(c) Muthoni's water barrel rolling down the hill.
(d) An insect landing on Muthoni's hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reaction did Waiyaki have that was unusual?

2. What betrays Chege's age to Waiyaki?

3. Who reveals Muthoni's secret?

4. Why do young people visit the river before the rite of circumcision?

5. What livestock are the boys in charge of?

(see the answer key)

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