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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Six through Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the meaning of "tiitheru"?
(a) "Of a truth."
(b) "Blessing."
(c) "Becoming a man."
(d) "The scared place."

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

3. How did Waiyaki feel the morning of the ceremony in Chapter Three?
(a) Excited.
(b) Dejected.
(c) Terrified.
(d) Angry.

4. What is the meaning of the river's name?
(a) Pure, clean-the-soul.
(b) Graceful.
(c) Cure, bring-back-to-life.
(d) Fertility.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the great warrior who killed a lion by himself as a young man?

2. What year is Waiyaki in at the Siriana school?

3. What is the name of the mountain Waiyaki and Chege can see in the distance at the end of Chapter Four?

4. Who is sent to bring Muthoni back?

5. What does Nyambura see as a bad omen?

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