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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a "kihii"?
(a) A ceremonial pipe.
(b) A traditional instrument.
(c) An uncircumcised boy.
(d) A sacrificial goat.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is rumored to be coming to Makuyu?
(a) The white man's military.
(b) The railroad.
(c) A government post.
(d) A new Christian mission.

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

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

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

13. To what relative does Nyambura suggest Muthoni go to for help?
(a) An aunt.
(b) Their grandfather.
(c) An uncle.
(d) Their mother.

14. What does Nyambura see as a bad omen?
(a) Muthoni's water barrel rolling down the hill.
(b) An insect landing on Muthoni's hand.
(c) An antelope crossing their path.
(d) Clouds covering the sun.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter Two, what event does Chege remind Waiyaki will take place the following day?

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

3. From where did the ancient seer whisper to his son that salvation would come?

4. Where did Waiyaki's mother take him at the end of Chapter Three?

5. Who sometimes helps Joshua with the Sunday service?

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