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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. What betrays Chege's age to Waiyaki?
(a) His walk.
(b) His fading memory.
(c) His voice.
(d) His bad eyesight.

2. What is rumored to be coming to Makuyu?
(a) The white man's military.
(b) A government post.
(c) The railroad.
(d) A new Christian mission.

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

4. Where did Waiyaki's mother take him at the end of Chapter Three?
(a) To the river.
(b) To the medicine man.
(c) To see his father.
(d) To a priest.

5. Who is sent out to find Muthoni?
(a) Miriamu.
(b) Kabonyi.
(c) Nyambura.
(d) Joshua.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is sent to bring Muthoni back?

3. What year is Waiyaki in at the Siriana school?

4. Who reveals Muthoni's secret?

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

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