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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Fourteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "tene na tene" mean?
(a) "Under the tree."
(b) "Fight the fear."
(c) "Across the river."
(d) "World without end."

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

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

4. Who is weeping at the end of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Nyambura.
(b) Kabonyi.
(c) Waiyaki's mother.
(d) Chege.

5. With what does Waiyaki become angry near the end of Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Kamau's arguments.
(b) The idea of having to pay taxes.
(c) The rain.
(d) His father's prophecy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Waiyaki speak to Muthoni?

2. From whom does Chege tell Waiyaki that he is descended?

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

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

5. Whom is Waiyaki shocked to see at the initiation preparations?

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