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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. Who does Nyambura quote as saying circumcision is sinful?
(a) Reverend Livingstone.
(b) The prophet Isaiah.
(c) Jesus Christ.
(d) Their father, Joshua.

2. What is the thingira?
(a) The medicine man.
(b) The community well.
(c) The women's hut.
(d) The man's hut.

3. What is Waiyaki watching at the beginning of Chapter Thirteen?
(a) An animal sacrifice.
(b) Children playing.
(c) A ceremonial dance.
(d) The rain.

4. What is the name of the mountain Waiyaki and Chege can see in the distance at the end of Chapter Four?
(a) Karenga.
(b) Kilimanjaro.
(c) Kerinyaga.
(d) Kulal.

5. Why do young people visit the river before the rite of circumcision?
(a) To wash themselves.
(b) To numb their skin.
(c) To wet rags for use during the ceremony.
(d) To drink from the river.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of these behaviors is not one condemned by Joshua?

3. In the old saying quoted near the end of Chapter One, what is not for strangers?

4. What does Waiyaki plan to have the children do the next day?

5. What does Waiyaki call Muthoni?

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