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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. To whom are sacrifices made before the initiation season?
(a) Murungu.
(b) Kikuyu and Mumbi.
(c) Demi na Mathathi.
(d) The ancient ancestors.

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

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

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

5. What is a Kiama?
(a) A traditional secondary school.
(b) A graduation ceremony.
(c) A traditional pilgrimage to the seat of Murungu.
(d) A council to preserve the tribal customs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animal does Waiyaki sit next to in the thingira at the beginning of Chapter Four?

2. What is the meaning of "tiitheru"?

3. Who is weeping at the end of Chapter Twelve?

4. For what sin of his wife's does Joshua beg God's forgiveness?

5. Which of these is not an adjective used to describe Waiyaki's eyes?

(see the answer key)

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