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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. What does Muthoni want to do in Chapter Six?
(a) Be circumcised.
(b) See the world outside of Kikuyu.
(c) Join the church.
(d) Marry a white man.

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

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

4. From whom does Chege tell Waiyaki that he is descended?
(a) Murungu.
(b) Mugo wa Kibiro.
(c) Wachiori.
(d) Kamiri.

5. How many wives does Chege have?
(a) Seven.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Creator who made the first people of the tribe?

2. Which of these is not used as an instrument during the initiation dances?

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

4. Who is sent to bring Muthoni back?

5. What year is Waiyaki in at the Siriana school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What shocking information does Chege tell Waiyaki?

2. What is the source of antagonism between the people of the two ridges?

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

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

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

6. Why does Nyambura leave the village at the end of Chapter Eight?

7. What is the significance of Kerinyaga?

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

9. How does Waiyaki feel toward Muthoni?

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

(see the answer keys)

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