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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. Which of these is not an adjective used to describe Waiyaki's eyes?
(a) Hooded.
(b) Large.
(c) Sad.
(d) Liquid.

2. Who does Muthoni most wish to see while she is ill?
(a) Miriamu.
(b) Nyambura.
(c) Chege.
(d) Joshua.

3. How does Muthoni get to Siriana?
(a) She walks.
(b) She is carried on a stretcher.
(c) She rides a donkey.
(d) She is pushed on a cart.

4. Who was the great warrior who killed a lion by himself as a young man?
(a) Murungu.
(b) Wachiori.
(c) Mugo wa Kibiro.
(d) Kamiri.

5. Which of these is not something Muthoni tells Waiyaki she wants?
(a) A husband for her bed.
(b) Children to play around the hearth.
(c) To be a woman made beautiful in the tribe.
(d) For her art to be seen around the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Waiyaki go to get for his father?

2. What is given to Waiyaki to cover him after his circumcision?

3. What does Nyambura see as a bad omen?

4. Which of these is not used as an instrument during the initiation dances?

5. What is a Kiama?

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