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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Nineteen through Twenty-Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Waiyaki go in Chapter Twenty-Four?
(a) To Siriana.
(b) To his father's grave.
(c) To Joshua's house.
(d) To see the Kiama.

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

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

4. Who brings Nyambura to Waiyaki?
(a) Joshua.
(b) Kamau.
(c) Kinuthia.
(d) Miriamu.

5. Which of these is not something Muthoni tells Waiyaki she wants?
(a) A husband for her bed.
(b) Children to play around the hearth.
(c) For her art to be seen around the world.
(d) To be a woman made beautiful in the tribe.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what does Kinuthia intimate the Gikuyu will have to pay taxes?

2. Who was the great witch whose magic won him great fame?

3. What is Nyambura doing by the river in Chapter Nineteen?

4. What is the season of long rains called?

5. Who saw Waiyaki in Mukuyu late at night?

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