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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Six through Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Muthoni gone?
(a) To her grandmother's.
(b) To her aunt's.
(c) To Nairobi.
(d) To Siriana.

2. Who were Gikuyu and Mumbi?
(a) The first people of the tribe.
(b) Waiyaki's grandparents.
(c) Great warriors of the tribe.
(d) The first people to settle on the Kameno ridge.

3. What did the ancient seer call white men?
(a) "People from the other world."
(b) "People with clothes like butterflies."
(c) "People with clothes like flowers."
(d) "People with milk-skin."

4. What rumor circulates about Joshua?
(a) He drinks in secret.
(b) He killed a white man.
(c) He is very ill.
(d) He still makes sacrifices to Murungu.

5. Where did Waiyaki's mother take him at the end of Chapter Three?
(a) To the river.
(b) To the medicine man.
(c) To a priest.
(d) To see his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is sent to bring Muthoni back?

2. How many sons does Chege have?

3. What does Chege tell Waiyaki the bark of a certain tree is good for?

4. Why do young people visit the river before the rite of circumcision?

5. For how long has Nyambura noticed a moodiness about Muthoni in Chapter Six?

(see the answer key)

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