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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. Who does Nyambura quote as saying circumcision is sinful?
(a) Reverend Livingstone.
(b) The prophet Isaiah.
(c) Jesus Christ.
(d) Their father, Joshua.

2. What gave Waiyaki a scar above his left eye?
(a) A wild goat.
(b) A lion.
(c) A wild boar.
(d) A hyena.

3. In the old saying quoted near the end of Chapter One, what is not for strangers?
(a) The coming-of-age ceremonies.
(b) The oilskin of the house.
(c) Sharing the tribe's disagreements.
(d) Fruit from the sacred grove.

4. On what does Kinuthia intimate the Gikuyu will have to pay taxes?
(a) Their crops.
(b) Their land.
(c) Their huts.
(d) Their livestock.

5. Which of these is not a reason people came to the meeting at the school?
(a) To become a teacher.
(b) To see the famous Marioshoni school.
(c) To see the Teacher.
(d) To hear the progress reports on their children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal makes Waiyaki want to touch their bodies?

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

3. What does Waiyaki wish he could hold close to him?

4. Who is sent to bring Muthoni back?

5. Who was the one person Waiyaki felt he'd been able to be emotionally close to?

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