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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. Which of these is not used as an instrument during the initiation dances?
(a) Guitars.
(b) Broken tins.
(c) Whistles.
(d) Horns.

2. What does Joshua call himself after converting to Christianity?
(a) Pure and clean.
(b) A reborn man.
(c) A new creature.
(d) A child of God.

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

4. What does Joshua's house look like?
(a) A log cabin.
(b) A round, thatched hut.
(c) A rectangular building with a tin roof.
(d) A mud-brick, square structure.

5. Which of these is not a god worshiped by the Kikuyu?
(a) Ngai.
(b) Mugo wa Kibiro.
(c) Murungu.
(d) Mwenenyaga.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Waiyaki think his father is blessing as they walk during Chapter Four?

2. What weapon do the two boys use to fight one another?

3. Where does the relative Muthoni thinks will help her live?

4. Where does Chege send his son?

5. How did Waiyaki feel the morning of the ceremony in Chapter Three?

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