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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. Why do young people visit the river before the rite of circumcision?
(a) To wash themselves.
(b) To numb their skin.
(c) To drink from the river.
(d) To wet rags for use during the ceremony.

2. For how long has Nyambura noticed a moodiness about Muthoni in Chapter Six?
(a) Three days.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two months.
(d) Three weeks.

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

4. What kind of animal does Waiyaki sit next to in the thingira at the beginning of Chapter Four?
(a) A horse.
(b) A cow.
(c) A sheep.
(d) A dog.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sons does Chege have?

2. What does Nyambura see as a bad omen?

3. What does Waiyaki call Muthoni?

4. Who was the great warrior who killed a lion by himself as a young man?

5. Where did Waiyaki sit for the ceremony?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nyambura feel about the river?

2. How does Waiyaki feel toward Muthoni?

3. What does Chege tell Waiyaki he will have to do?

4. Describe the village where Joshua's family lives.

5. What rumors about the white people are circulating?

6. What is Joshua's first response when he discovers Muthoni is missing?

7. How does Waiyaki feel on the morning of his second birth ceremony?

8. What shocking information does Chege tell Waiyaki?

9. How are the two ridges, Kameno and Makuyu, described?

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

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