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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 were Gikuyu and Mumbi?
(a) Great warriors of the tribe.
(b) The first people of the tribe.
(c) Waiyaki's grandparents.
(d) The first people to settle on the Kameno ridge.

2. What did the ancient seer call white men?
(a) "People with clothes like butterflies."
(b) "People from the other world."
(c) "People with clothes like flowers."
(d) "People with milk-skin."

3. On what do Nyambura and Muthoni sit while talking at the river?
(a) The grass.
(b) Water barrels.
(c) Boulders.
(d) Tree stumps.

4. How long has Reverend Livingstone been at Siriana?
(a) Twenty-five years.
(b) Twenty-two years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Twelve years.

5. What did Waiyaki forget to preach in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Purity of the tribe.
(b) Expansion of the schools.
(c) Reconciliation.
(d) Importance of learning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is weeping at the end of Chapter Twelve?

2. What reaction did Waiyaki have that was unusual?

3. How many wives does Chege have?

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

5. Which of these is not a function of the small building Waiyaki is in at the beginning of Chapter Thirteen?

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