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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. What does Joshua call himself after converting to Christianity?

2. Which of these is not a god worshiped by the Kikuyu?

3. What is rumored to be coming to Makuyu?

4. What livestock are the boys in charge of?

5. What weapon do the two boys use to fight one another?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Sundays typically like for Joshua?

2. What do Waiyaki and his father talk about on their walk to the sacred grove?

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

4. What shocking information does Chege tell Waiyaki?

5. What rumors about the white people are circulating?

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

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

8. How does Waiyaki feel about the initiation celebrations?

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

10. Describe the sacred place.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the concept of family, and its importance, portrayed in "The River between"? Please be specific.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the ways in which Ngugi uses the Bible in his novel.

Essay Topic 3

One of the concepts that is made much of throughout "The River Between" is purity. Discuss the meaning of purity and what it means to different characters.

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