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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the meaning of the river's name?
(a) Cure, bring-back-to-life.
(b) Fertility.
(c) Graceful.
(d) Pure, clean-the-soul.

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

4. What is the name of the mountain Waiyaki and Chege can see in the distance at the end of Chapter Four?
(a) Karenga.
(b) Kilimanjaro.
(c) Kerinyaga.
(d) Kulal.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What does Waiyaki think his father is blessing as they walk during Chapter Four?
(a) His son.
(b) The earth.
(c) Their meal.
(d) The river.

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

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

14. What do the white men see in Waiyaki?
(a) A brilliant future military leader.
(b) A troublesome boy.
(c) A possible leader of the Christian church.
(d) A way to make peace with the native people.

15. What is the name of the Creator who made the first people of the tribe?
(a) Muranga.
(b) Murungu.
(c) Nyama.
(d) Koina.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What event in Joshua's life brought him peace?

3. What does Muthoni want to do in Chapter Six?

4. What reaction did Waiyaki have that was unusual?

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

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