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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. Who is sent to bring Muthoni back?
(a) Kabonyi.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Nyambura.
(d) Miriamu.

2. What happens when Joshua finishes his sermon?
(a) An offering is taken.
(b) A child is baptised.
(c) There is a recited prayer.
(d) The people sing a hymn.

3. With whom does Nyambura long to discuss Muthoni's death?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Waiyaki.
(d) Miriamu.

4. What does "Gikuyu Karinga" mean?
(a) "Gikuyu land forever."
(b) "Keep the tribe pure."
(c) "Never surrender."
(d) "Education is imperative."

5. Who was the great warrior who killed a lion by himself as a young man?
(a) Murungu.
(b) Mugo wa Kibiro.
(c) Wachiori.
(d) Kamiri.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal was slaughtered for the ceremony?

2. What is the meaning of the river's name?

3. What is given to Waiyaki to cover him after his circumcision?

4. On what does Kinuthia intimate the Gikuyu will have to pay taxes?

5. Who saw Waiyaki in Mukuyu late at night?

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