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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. What is a Kiama?
(a) A council to preserve the tribal customs.
(b) A traditional secondary school.
(c) A graduation ceremony.
(d) A traditional pilgrimage to the seat of Murungu.

2. What does Joshua blame for the ills of the land?
(a) The white man's interference.
(b) The blindness of his people.
(c) The impending apocalypse.
(d) God's judgment of him.

3. Who does Waiyaki set off to see in the night?
(a) His mother.
(b) Nyambura.
(c) Kamau.
(d) Kinuthia.

4. What event in Joshua's life brought him peace?
(a) His wedding.
(b) His baptism.
(c) His second-birth ceremony.
(d) The birth of his first child.

5. Whom does Nyambura suspect Waiyaki of planning to visit?
(a) Kabonyi.
(b) Kinuthia.
(c) Kamau.
(d) Joshua.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies at the end of Chapter Twelve?

2. What did Waiyaki forget to preach in Chapter Eighteen?

3. What does Reverend Livingstone usually wear on his head?

4. What is the most striking thing about Waiyaki?

5. Who does Nyambura quote as saying circumcision is sinful?

(see the answer key)

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