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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 reaction did Waiyaki have that was unusual?
(a) He passed out.
(b) He cried.
(c) He laughed.
(d) He fell asleep.

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

3. What animal was slaughtered for the ceremony?
(a) A goat.
(b) A sheep.
(c) A cow.
(d) A pig.

4. From whom does Chege tell Waiyaki that he is descended?
(a) Murungu.
(b) Kamiri.
(c) Mugo wa Kibiro.
(d) Wachiori.

5. What does Waiyaki go to get for his father?
(a) A flower.
(b) A shrub.
(c) A healer from another ridge.
(d) White man's medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the first split within the ridge people?

2. To whom are sacrifices made before the initiation season?

3. What is a "kihii"?

4. Why do young people visit the river before the rite of circumcision?

5. Which of these is not a god worshiped by the Kikuyu?

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