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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 were Gikuyu and Mumbi?
(a) The first people of the tribe.
(b) Great warriors of the tribe.
(c) The first people to settle on the Kameno ridge.
(d) Waiyaki's grandparents.

2. Whom is Waiyaki shocked to see at the initiation preparations?
(a) Kamau.
(b) Kinuthia.
(c) Nyambura.
(d) Muthoni.

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

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

5. To what relative does Nyambura suggest Muthoni go to for help?
(a) Their mother.
(b) An uncle.
(c) Their grandfather.
(d) An aunt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what night are the social codes relaxed between men and women?

3. What betrays Chege's age to Waiyaki?

4. From whom does Chege tell Waiyaki that he is descended?

5. What does Waiyaki think his father is blessing as they walk during Chapter Four?

(see the answer key)

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