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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. To what Bible character does Joshua compare Muthoni?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Delilah.
(c) Lot's wife.
(d) Mary Magdalene.

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

3. Who does Muthoni say she sees as she is dying?
(a) Murungu.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Nyambura.
(d) Jesus.

4. Where does the relative Muthoni thinks will help her live?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) In their village.
(c) Siriana.
(d) Kameno ridge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nyambura see as a bad omen?

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

3. What is it said in Chapter Seventeen that one admired in Joshua?

4. What year is Waiyaki in at the Siriana school?

5. What is Nyambura's reason for not going to church in Chapter Seventeen?

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