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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Fifteen through Eighteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the white men see in Waiyaki?
(a) A way to make peace with the native people.
(b) A brilliant future military leader.
(c) A possible leader of the Christian church.
(d) A troublesome boy.

3. Who is Njeri?
(a) Waiyaki's mother.
(b) Chege's sister.
(c) Muthoni's aunt.
(d) Chege's second wife.

4. What rumor is circulated about Muthoni after her death?
(a) She killed herself.
(b) She was pregnant.
(c) She actually ran away and isn't dead.
(d) She was poisoned by the missionaries.

5. What is a "kihii"?
(a) An uncircumcised boy.
(b) A traditional instrument.
(c) A sacrificial goat.
(d) A ceremonial pipe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Muthoni most wish to see while she is ill?

2. Who does Waiyaki see watching him with Muthoni?

3. What does Nyambura see as a bad omen?

4. What do the majority of the houses in the village look like?

5. Who visits Waiyaki's hut in Chapter Sixteen?

(see the answer key)

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