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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 circumcision.
(d) Her failure to give birth to a son.

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

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

5. Who was the great warrior who killed a lion by himself as a young man?
(a) Wachiori.
(b) Kamiri.
(c) Mugo wa Kibiro.
(d) Murungu.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What betrays Chege's age to Waiyaki?

3. What rumor circulates about Joshua?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the festivities of initiation eve.

2. What is the second birth ceremony?

3. What shocking information does Chege tell Waiyaki?

4. Why are the two boys fighting in Chapter Two?

5. What is Chege's explanation for why antelope run from men?

6. What is Muthoni's argument to Nyambura about her desire to be circumcised?

7. What stops the boys' fight in Chapter Two?

8. What rumors about the white people are circulating?

9. Why is Nyambura so upset by Muthoni's confession by the river?

10. What do Waiyaki and his father talk about on their walk to the sacred grove?

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