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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Fifteen through Eighteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Joshua call himself after converting to Christianity?
(a) A reborn man.
(b) A child of God.
(c) A new creature.
(d) Pure and clean.

3. What betrays Chege's age to Waiyaki?
(a) His walk.
(b) His fading memory.
(c) His bad eyesight.
(d) His voice.

4. Who does Muthoni most wish to see while she is ill?
(a) Joshua.
(b) Chege.
(c) Miriamu.
(d) Nyambura.

5. For what sin of his wife's does Joshua beg God's forgiveness?
(a) Her circumcision.
(b) Her failure to give birth to a son.
(c) Her disobedience.
(d) Her lack of authority with the people of Makuyu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Waiyaki wish he could hold close to him?

2. Who knows Waiyaki was in Joshua's church?

3. Who reveals Muthoni's secret?

4. What is a "kihii"?

5. What is Nyambura's reason for not going to church in Chapter Seventeen?

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