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

2. Whom is Waiyaki shocked to see at the initiation preparations?
(a) Kinuthia.
(b) Kamau.
(c) Nyambura.
(d) Muthoni.

3. Who does Muthoni most wish to see while she is ill?
(a) Chege.
(b) Miriamu.
(c) Joshua.
(d) Nyambura.

4. What rumor is circulated about Muthoni after her death?
(a) She was poisoned by the missionaries.
(b) She actually ran away and isn't dead.
(c) She killed herself.
(d) She was pregnant.

5. For how long has Nyambura noticed a moodiness about Muthoni in Chapter Six?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) Three days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wishes s/he had been told of Muthoni's illness earlier?

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

3. With whom does Chege discuss Muthoni's illness?

4. What betrays Chege's age to Waiyaki?

5. Where are the circumcisions performed?

(see the answer key)

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