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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "tene na tene" mean?
(a) "Under the tree."
(b) "Across the river."
(c) "World without end."
(d) "Fight the fear."

2. Who sometimes helps Joshua with the Sunday service?
(a) Miriamu.
(b) Muthoni.
(c) Kabonyi.
(d) Nyambura.

3. From whom does Chege tell Waiyaki that he is descended?
(a) Wachiori.
(b) Kamiri.
(c) Mugo wa Kibiro.
(d) Murungu.

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

5. Who reveals Muthoni's secret?
(a) Miriamu.
(b) Kabonyi.
(c) Nyambura.
(d) Joshua.

6. What event in Joshua's life brought him peace?
(a) The birth of his first child.
(b) His baptism.
(c) His wedding.
(d) His second-birth ceremony.

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

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

9. What does Chege tell Waiyaki the bark of a certain tree is good for?
(a) A fresh wound.
(b) Rashes.
(c) Headaches.
(d) Fever.

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

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

12. From where did the ancient seer whisper to his son that salvation would come?
(a) Across the ocean.
(b) God.
(c) White man.
(d) The hills.

13. Which of these is not used as an instrument during the initiation dances?
(a) Guitars.
(b) Horns.
(c) Whistles.
(d) Broken tins.

14. For what sin of his wife's does Joshua beg God's forgiveness?
(a) Her disobedience.
(b) Her lack of authority with the people of Makuyu.
(c) Her failure to give birth to a son.
(d) Her circumcision.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What gave Waiyaki a scar above his left eye?

3. Whom is Waiyaki shocked to see at the initiation preparations?

4. What kind of animal does Waiyaki sit next to in the thingira at the beginning of Chapter Four?

5. What year is Waiyaki in at the Siriana school?

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