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

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

3. From where did the ancient seer whisper to his son that salvation would come?
(a) Across the ocean.
(b) God.
(c) White man.
(d) The hills.

4. Where did Waiyaki sit for the ceremony?
(a) In front of the tribe's elders.
(b) Alone by the river.
(c) Between his mother's thighs.
(d) Behind his father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What betrays Chege's age to Waiyaki?

2. What of Muthoni's seems to hold Waiyaki still in the dance circle?

3. How many wives does Chege have?

4. Which of these is not an adjective used to describe Waiyaki's eyes?

5. Which of these behaviors is not one condemned by Joshua?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Waiyaki feel about the initiation celebrations?

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

3. What is the significance of Kerinyaga?

4. What are Sundays typically like for Joshua?

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

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

7. What rumors about the white people are circulating?

8. Describe the festivities of initiation eve.

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

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

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