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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What livestock are the boys in charge of?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Goats.
(c) Horses.
(d) Sheep.

3. What does Joshua's house look like?
(a) A log cabin.
(b) A round, thatched hut.
(c) A mud-brick, square structure.
(d) A rectangular building with a tin roof.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Which of these is not a god worshiped by the Kikuyu?
(a) Mugo wa Kibiro.
(b) Murungu.
(c) Mwenenyaga.
(d) Ngai.

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

14. Where does the relative Muthoni thinks will help her live?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) In their village.
(c) Kameno ridge.
(d) Siriana.

15. On what night are the social codes relaxed between men and women?
(a) The night after the initiation ceremonies.
(b) The harvest celebration.
(c) The eve of the initiation cermonies.
(d) The celebration of a son's birth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joshua blame for the ills of the land?

2. What reaction did Waiyaki have that was unusual?

3. What is the thingira?

4. What betrays Chege's age to Waiyaki?

5. How many sons does Chege have?

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