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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters One through Five.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Fruit from the sacred grove.
(d) Sharing the tribe's disagreements.

2. What is the thingira?
(a) The women's hut.
(b) The man's hut.
(c) The medicine man.
(d) The community well.

3. What do the white men see in Waiyaki?
(a) A troublesome boy.
(b) A possible leader of the Christian church.
(c) A brilliant future military leader.
(d) A way to make peace with the native people.

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

5. What livestock are the boys in charge of?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Goats.
(c) Horses.
(d) Sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animal does Waiyaki sit next to in the thingira at the beginning of Chapter Four?

2. Where does Chege send his son?

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

4. How many sons does Chege have?

5. What reaction did Waiyaki have that was unusual?

(see the answer key)

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