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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. Who does Waiyaki see watching him with Muthoni?
(a) His mother.
(b) Kinuthia.
(c) Muthoni's aunt.
(d) His father.

2. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the relative Muthoni thinks will help her live?

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

3. From whom does Chege tell Waiyaki that he is descended?

4. What does Waiyaki think his father is blessing as they walk during Chapter Four?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Sundays typically like for Joshua?

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

4. What rumors about the white people are circulating?

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

6. How does Waiyaki feel about the initiation celebrations?

7. Describe the sacred place.

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

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

10. Describe the festivities of initiation eve.

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