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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many daughters were born to the father and mother of the tribe?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Nine.

2. What weapon do the two boys use to fight one another?
(a) Sticks.
(b) Only their fists.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Knives.

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

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

5. What kind of tree grows near the edge of the sacred hill?
(a) Baobob.
(b) Camphor.
(c) Acacia.
(d) Mugumo.

6. How many sons does Chege have?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Five.

7. Who is sent out to find Muthoni?
(a) Joshua.
(b) Kabonyi.
(c) Miriamu.
(d) Nyambura.

8. What reaction did Waiyaki have that was unusual?
(a) He fell asleep.
(b) He cried.
(c) He passed out.
(d) He laughed.

9. Which of these is not an adjective used to describe Waiyaki's eyes?
(a) Sad.
(b) Hooded.
(c) Large.
(d) Liquid.

10. What animal was slaughtered for the ceremony?
(a) A sheep.
(b) A pig.
(c) A cow.
(d) A goat.

11. Who were Demi na Mathathi?
(a) Giants of the tribe.
(b) The priests who performed sacred rites.
(c) Minor gods.
(d) Ancient warriors.

12. How did Waiyaki feel the morning of the ceremony in Chapter Three?
(a) Angry.
(b) Excited.
(c) Dejected.
(d) Terrified.

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

14. In the old saying quoted near the end of Chapter One, what is not for strangers?
(a) The coming-of-age ceremonies.
(b) The oilskin of the house.
(c) Fruit from the sacred grove.
(d) Sharing the tribe's disagreements.

15. Who was the great witch whose magic won him great fame?
(a) Mugo wa Kibiro.
(b) Kamiri.
(c) Wachiori.
(d) Murungu.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what sin of his wife's does Joshua beg God's forgiveness?

2. What does Joshua call himself after converting to Christianity?

3. Who is sent to bring Muthoni back?

4. Which of these is not used as an instrument during the initiation dances?

5. What is the name of the Creator who made the first people of the tribe?

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