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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. Who was the great witch whose magic won him great fame?
(a) Wachiori.
(b) Murungu.
(c) Kamiri.
(d) Mugo wa Kibiro.

2. What is the meaning of the river's name?
(a) Graceful.
(b) Fertility.
(c) Pure, clean-the-soul.
(d) Cure, bring-back-to-life.

3. What does Chege tell Waiyaki the bark of a certain tree is good for?
(a) Rashes.
(b) Fever.
(c) A fresh wound.
(d) Headaches.

4. Which of these is not something Muthoni tells Waiyaki she wants?
(a) For her art to be seen around the world.
(b) Children to play around the hearth.
(c) A husband for her bed.
(d) To be a woman made beautiful in the tribe.

5. What is the name of the river between the ridges?
(a) Kiambu.
(b) Kameno.
(c) Makuyu.
(d) Honia.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long has Nyambura noticed a moodiness about Muthoni in Chapter Six?

2. How many wives does Chege have?

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

4. What of Muthoni's seems to hold Waiyaki still in the dance circle?

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

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