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

2. What does Waiyaki think his father is blessing as they walk during Chapter Four?
(a) Their meal.
(b) The river.
(c) His son.
(d) The earth.

3. In the old saying quoted near the end of Chapter One, what is not for strangers?
(a) The coming-of-age ceremonies.
(b) The oilskin of the house.
(c) Fruit from the sacred grove.
(d) Sharing the tribe's disagreements.

4. What did Waiyaki propose be built for the school that was opposed?
(a) A third building.
(b) A well.
(c) Lavatories.
(d) A garden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Waiyaki feel the morning of the ceremony in Chapter Three?

2. Who once told Waiyaki that the arm of the white man is long?

3. What does Waiyaki wish he could hold close to him?

4. What event in Joshua's life brought him peace?

5. What is rumored to be coming to Makuyu?

(see the answer key)

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