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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 dies at the end of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Joshua.
(b) Chege.
(c) Kabonyi.
(d) Waiyaki's mother.

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

3. Where did Waiyaki sit for the ceremony?
(a) Between his mother's thighs.
(b) In front of the tribe's elders.
(c) Alone by the river.
(d) Behind his father.

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

5. What is the name of the mountain Waiyaki and Chege can see in the distance at the end of Chapter Four?
(a) Karenga.
(b) Kulal.
(c) Kerinyaga.
(d) Kilimanjaro.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Njeri?

2. What kind of tree grows near the edge of the sacred hill?

3. Where does Chege send his son?

4. What did the ancient seer call white men?

5. Who had to tell Muthoni's family of her death?

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