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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Joshua call himself after converting to Christianity?
(a) A reborn man.
(b) Pure and clean.
(c) A child of God.
(d) A new creature.

3. What of Muthoni's seems to hold Waiyaki still in the dance circle?
(a) Her eyes.
(b) Her hands.
(c) Her smile.
(d) Her laughter.

4. What did the ancient seer call white men?
(a) "People with clothes like flowers."
(b) "People with milk-skin."
(c) "People from the other world."
(d) "People with clothes like butterflies."

5. What does Muthoni want to do in Chapter Six?
(a) Marry a white man.
(b) Join the church.
(c) See the world outside of Kikuyu.
(d) Be circumcised.

6. What do the majority of the houses in the village look like?
(a) Round, thatched huts.
(b) Rectangular buildings with tin roofs.
(c) Mud-brick, square structures.
(d) Log cabins.

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

8. What does Waiyaki call Muthoni?
(a) A rebel.
(b) A witch.
(c) A beautiful girl.
(d) A sinner.

9. Where does Waiyaki speak to Muthoni?
(a) During the pre-initiation feast.
(b) In the dance circle.
(c) In the dark trees.
(d) In his father's hut.

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

11. What killed Chege's first two wives?
(a) A flood.
(b) Famine.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Childbirth.

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

13. Whom is Waiyaki shocked to see at the initiation preparations?
(a) Kinuthia.
(b) Nyambura.
(c) Muthoni.
(d) Kamau.

14. What is the name of the river between the ridges?
(a) Honia.
(b) Kameno.
(c) Kiambu.
(d) Makuyu.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the relative Muthoni thinks will help her live?

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

3. Which of these is not something Muthoni tells Waiyaki she wants?

4. How many wives does Chege have?

5. Who reveals Muthoni's secret?

(see the answer keys)

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