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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Fourteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who leads the first split within the ridge people?
(a) Kabonyi.
(b) Nyambura.
(c) Waiyaki.
(d) Chege.

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

3. Where are the circumcisions performed?
(a) Around the main village well.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) On the river's banks.
(d) In each initiate's hut.

4. What is given to Waiyaki to cover him after his circumcision?
(a) Wet rags.
(b) A colorful blanket.
(c) A white sheet.
(d) A tiger skin.

5. What does Joshua's house look like?
(a) A mud-brick, square structure.
(b) A round, thatched hut.
(c) A log cabin.
(d) A rectangular building with a tin roof.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the children dismissed from school?

2. Who were Demi na Mathathi?

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

4. What kind of disease does Chege have?

5. To whom are sacrifices made before the initiation season?

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