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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. What animal was slaughtered for the ceremony?
(a) A pig.
(b) A goat.
(c) A sheep.
(d) A cow.

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

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

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

5. How many wives does Chege have?
(a) Four.
(b) Seven.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most striking thing about Waiyaki?

2. Who tells Muthoni's family about her illness?

3. What kind of disease does Chege have?

4. Which of these is not something Muthoni tells Waiyaki she wants?

5. To what relative does Nyambura suggest Muthoni go to for help?

(see the answer key)

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