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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 is the name of the Creator who made the first people of the tribe?
(a) Muranga.
(b) Koina.
(c) Murungu.
(d) Nyama.

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

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

4. Which of these is not used as an instrument during the initiation dances?
(a) Whistles.
(b) Broken tins.
(c) Guitars.
(d) Horns.

5. Who sometimes helps Joshua with the Sunday service?
(a) Nyambura.
(b) Kabonyi.
(c) Muthoni.
(d) Miriamu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rumor circulates about Joshua?

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

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

4. What kind of tree grows near the edge of the sacred hill?

5. Where did Waiyaki's mother take him at the end of Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the second birth ceremony?

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

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

4. How does Waiyaki feel toward Muthoni?

5. What shocking information does Chege tell Waiyaki?

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

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

8. What are Sundays typically like for Joshua?

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

10. How does Nyambura feel about the river?

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