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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. Which of these is not used as an instrument during the initiation dances?
(a) Broken tins.
(b) Whistles.
(c) Horns.
(d) Guitars.

2. What does Joshua's house look like?
(a) A round, thatched hut.
(b) A rectangular building with a tin roof.
(c) A mud-brick, square structure.
(d) A log cabin.

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

4. Who is sent out to find Muthoni?
(a) Kabonyi.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Miriamu.
(d) Nyambura.

5. To whom are sacrifices made before the initiation season?
(a) Murungu.
(b) Demi na Mathathi.
(c) The ancient ancestors.
(d) Kikuyu and Mumbi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What livestock are the boys in charge of?

2. What event in Joshua's life brought him peace?

3. Who was the great warrior who killed a lion by himself as a young man?

4. For what sin of his wife's does Joshua beg God's forgiveness?

5. What does "tene na tene" mean?

(see the answer key)

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