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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these behaviors is not one condemned by Joshua?
(a) Circumcision.
(b) Drinking alcohol.
(c) Traditional dances.
(d) Singing songs of praise.

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

3. What do the white men see in Waiyaki?
(a) A way to make peace with the native people.
(b) A possible leader of the Christian church.
(c) A troublesome boy.
(d) A brilliant future military leader.

4. What does Waiyaki think his father is blessing as they walk during Chapter Four?
(a) The river.
(b) The earth.
(c) His son.
(d) Their meal.

5. To what relative does Nyambura suggest Muthoni go to for help?
(a) An aunt.
(b) Their mother.
(c) Their grandfather.
(d) An uncle.

6. What does Muthoni want to do in Chapter Six?
(a) Be circumcised.
(b) Join the church.
(c) Marry a white man.
(d) See the world outside of Kikuyu.

7. Who does Waiyaki see watching him with Muthoni?
(a) Muthoni's aunt.
(b) His father.
(c) Kinuthia.
(d) His mother.

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

9. Where did Waiyaki sit for the ceremony?
(a) Alone by the river.
(b) In front of the tribe's elders.
(c) Between his mother's thighs.
(d) Behind his father.

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

11. Who was the ancient seer from Kameno?
(a) Mugo wa Kibiro.
(b) Murungu.
(c) Wachiori.
(d) Kamiri.

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

13. Where did Waiyaki's mother take him at the end of Chapter Three?
(a) To a priest.
(b) To the medicine man.
(c) To see his father.
(d) To the river.

14. 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.

15. What is a "kihii"?
(a) A traditional instrument.
(b) A ceremonial pipe.
(c) A sacrificial goat.
(d) An uncircumcised boy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where has Muthoni gone?

3. Who does Nyambura quote as saying circumcision is sinful?

4. On what night are the social codes relaxed between men and women?

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

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