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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 famous quote of Jesus' does Joshua use in his sermon?
(a) "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God."
(b) "Ask and it will be given unto you; seek and ye shall find."
(c) "If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also."
(d) "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."

2. For how long has Nyambura noticed a moodiness about Muthoni in Chapter Six?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three days.
(c) Two months.
(d) Three weeks.

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

4. Who does Nyambura quote as saying circumcision is sinful?
(a) Their father, Joshua.
(b) Jesus Christ.
(c) The prophet Isaiah.
(d) Reverend Livingstone.

5. Who praises Waiyaki's ancestors in Chapter Twenty?
(a) Joshua.
(b) One of the elders.
(c) Waiyaki's mother.
(d) Kabonyi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the first split within the ridge people?

2. What do the white men see in Waiyaki?

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

4. Who brings Nyambura to Waiyaki?

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

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