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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. What does Joshua blame for the ills of the land?
(a) God's judgment of him.
(b) The blindness of his people.
(c) The impending apocalypse.
(d) The white man's interference.

2. Where did Waiyaki's mother take him at the end of Chapter Three?
(a) To the river.
(b) To see his father.
(c) To the medicine man.
(d) To a priest.

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

4. Where does Waiyaki think he will go to get more teachers?
(a) Mukuyu.
(b) Siriana.
(c) Nairobi.
(d) Kerinyaga.

5. What is the thingira?
(a) The medicine man.
(b) The women's hut.
(c) The man's hut.
(d) The community well.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these people appears at the end of Chapter Twenty-Five?

2. What is a "kihii"?

3. What is Waiyaki watching at the beginning of Chapter Thirteen?

4. Which of these is not a god worshiped by the Kikuyu?

5. What weapon do the two boys use to fight one another?

(see the answer key)

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