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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Waiyaki feel the morning of the ceremony in Chapter Three?

2. Where does Chege send his son?

3. What rumor circulates about Joshua?

4. What did the ancient seer call white men?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Kerinyaga?

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

3. Describe the festivities of initiation eve.

4. What are Sundays typically like for Joshua?

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

6. How does Waiyaki feel toward Muthoni?

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

8. Describe the village where Joshua's family lives.

9. How does Joshua feel about the rite of circumcision?

10. What shocking information does Chege tell Waiyaki?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does education have in "The River Between"? Are there different kinds of education? Please be specific.

Essay Topic 2

How important is Waiyaki's "yearning for something more" in the development of his character? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role that Honia river plays in Ngugi's novel. How is it described, in what scenes does it appear?

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