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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. From where did the ancient seer whisper to his son that salvation would come?
(a) God.
(b) The hills.
(c) White man.
(d) Across the ocean.

2. What is the name of the Creator who made the first people of the tribe?
(a) Nyama.
(b) Koina.
(c) Murungu.
(d) Muranga.

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

4. Who was the great warrior who killed a lion by himself as a young man?
(a) Wachiori.
(b) Mugo wa Kibiro.
(c) Kamiri.
(d) Murungu.

5. What did the ancient seer call white men?
(a) "People with clothes like butterflies."
(b) "People with clothes like flowers."
(c) "People with milk-skin."
(d) "People from the other world."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the great witch whose magic won him great fame?

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

3. Who were Demi na Mathathi?

4. What is the meaning of the river's name?

5. In the old saying quoted near the end of Chapter One, what is not for strangers?

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