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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. How are the children dismissed from school?
(a) The teachers formally thank the children for coming and are thanked in return.
(b) The beating of drums.
(c) The blowing of a horn.
(d) The striking of a piece of iron on a string.

2. What betrays Chege's age to Waiyaki?
(a) His voice.
(b) His bad eyesight.
(c) His fading memory.
(d) His walk.

3. How does Muthoni get to Siriana?
(a) She walks.
(b) She is carried on a stretcher.
(c) She is pushed on a cart.
(d) She rides a donkey.

4. Where does Waiyaki speak to Muthoni?
(a) In his father's hut.
(b) During the pre-initiation feast.
(c) In the dark trees.
(d) In the dance circle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is not a function of the small building Waiyaki is in at the beginning of Chapter Thirteen?

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

3. What event in Joshua's life brought him peace?

4. Who besides Waiyaki knows the details of the old prophecy?

5. Who is Nyambura going to see?

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