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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Fourteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Nyambura quote as saying circumcision is sinful?
(a) Their father, Joshua.
(b) Reverend Livingstone.
(c) The prophet Isaiah.
(d) Jesus Christ.

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

3. On what night are the social codes relaxed between men and women?
(a) The night after the initiation ceremonies.
(b) The eve of the initiation cermonies.
(c) The harvest celebration.
(d) The celebration of a son's birth.

4. Who tells Muthoni's family about her illness?
(a) Chege.
(b) Kabonyi.
(c) Waiyaki.
(d) The tribe's medicine man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the headmaster of the new school?

2. What does Joshua blame for the ills of the land?

3. To what Bible character does Joshua compare Muthoni?

4. Which of these men is not a teacher at the new school?

5. What does Muthoni want to do in Chapter Six?

(see the answer key)

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