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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Nineteen through Twenty-Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Whom does Nyambura suspect Waiyaki of planning to visit?
(a) Joshua.
(b) Kamau.
(c) Kinuthia.
(d) Kabonyi.

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

5. Who once told Waiyaki that the arm of the white man is long?
(a) Chege.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Kabonyi.
(d) Reverend Livingstone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Waiyaki called by the people?

2. Which of these men is not a teacher at the new school?

3. What chore does Nyambura do after the service in Chapter Twenty-One?

4. Which of these is not a reason people came to the meeting at the school?

5. Who leads Waiyaki to the Kiama?

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