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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 was the great witch whose magic won him great fame?
(a) Wachiori.
(b) Kamiri.
(c) Murungu.
(d) Mugo wa Kibiro.

2. Who is the headmaster of the new school?
(a) Kinuthia.
(b) Kamau.
(c) Waiyaki.
(d) Kabonyi.

3. What starts off the meeting of the parents?
(a) A sacrifice to Gikuyu and Mumbi.
(b) Proposals for the improvement of the schools.
(c) The children singing.
(d) A celebratory feast.

4. What do the Gikuyu people see as the white man's "magic"?
(a) Modern weapons.
(b) Education.
(c) The new train.
(d) Medicine.

5. To what relative does Nyambura suggest Muthoni go to for help?
(a) An aunt.
(b) Their mother.
(c) An uncle.
(d) Their grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is not an argument made against Waiyaki's plans?

2. In the old saying quoted near the end of Chapter One, what is not for strangers?

3. For what sin of his wife's does Joshua beg God's forgiveness?

4. Who can tell that Nyambura is excited and dreamy?

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

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