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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. Where are the circumcisions performed?
(a) On the river's banks.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) In each initiate's hut.
(d) Around the main village well.

2. What are the Christians in Makuyu called?
(a) "Traitors of Murungu."
(b) "White Gikuyu."
(c) "Men of Joshua."
(d) "Jesus Followers."

3. What does Waiyaki notice that Joshua knows well?
(a) The names of his congregation.
(b) Hymns.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The white man's laws.

4. On what does Kinuthia intimate the Gikuyu will have to pay taxes?
(a) Their crops.
(b) Their huts.
(c) Their livestock.
(d) Their land.

5. What kind of disease does Chege have?
(a) Skin.
(b) Lung.
(c) Heart.
(d) Stomach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Nyambura going to see?

2. What is the name of the new school?

3. How are the children dismissed from school?

4. Who does Kabonyi wish were in Waiyaki's place?

5. What is given to Waiyaki to cover him after his circumcision?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the history of Marioshoni?

2. What is Waiyaki's relationship with Kabonyi like?

3. Why were parents proud when their child came home with a tear-stained face?

4. What changes Reverend Livingstone's mind about how to deal with the traditional tribal customs?

5. What vision of the future does Waiyaki see after leaving Joshua's church?

6. Why does Waiyaki become angry with the rain?

7. Describe the scene Waiyaki walks into in Chapter Fifteen.

8. Describe the new school.

9. Why does Muthoni think no one from her family comes to see her?

10. Why does Waiyaki feel badly for Njeri?

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