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

2. Who sometimes helps Joshua with the Sunday service?

3. What animal makes Waiyaki want to touch their bodies?

4. Who were Gikuyu and Mumbi?

5. Whom is Waiyaki shocked to see at the initiation preparations?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What shocking information does Chege tell Waiyaki?

3. What rumors about the white people are circulating?

4. Describe the festivities of initiation eve.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the second birth ceremony?

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

Choose at least two characters and discuss the ways in which parental expectations play a role in developing that character; these can be positive or negative expectations and can have positive or negative ramifications.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the ways in which courage is defined and portrayed throughout the novel. Use at least three specific examples.

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