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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who reveals Muthoni's secret?
(a) Nyambura.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Kabonyi.
(d) Miriamu.

2. What do the white men see in Waiyaki?
(a) A troublesome boy.
(b) A possible leader of the Christian church.
(c) A brilliant future military leader.
(d) A way to make peace with the native people.

3. What gave Waiyaki a scar above his left eye?
(a) A lion.
(b) A wild boar.
(c) A hyena.
(d) A wild goat.

4. In the old saying quoted near the end of Chapter One, what is not for strangers?
(a) Fruit from the sacred grove.
(b) The oilskin of the house.
(c) Sharing the tribe's disagreements.
(d) The coming-of-age ceremonies.

5. Where does Chege send his son?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Nairobi.
(c) Siriana Mission Centre.
(d) Johannesburg.

6. How many daughters were born to the father and mother of the tribe?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Nine.
(d) Five.

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

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

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

10. What does "tene na tene" mean?
(a) "Under the tree."
(b) "Fight the fear."
(c) "Across the river."
(d) "World without end."

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

12. What does Waiyaki think his father is blessing as they walk during Chapter Four?
(a) The earth.
(b) Their meal.
(c) The river.
(d) His son.

13. Whom is Waiyaki shocked to see at the initiation preparations?
(a) Nyambura.
(b) Kinuthia.
(c) Kamau.
(d) Muthoni.

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

15. Which of these is not something Muthoni tells Waiyaki she wants?
(a) A husband for her bed.
(b) Children to play around the hearth.
(c) For her art to be seen around the world.
(d) To be a woman made beautiful in the tribe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the ancient seer from Kameno?

2. On what do Nyambura and Muthoni sit while talking at the river?

3. On what night are the social codes relaxed between men and women?

4. What is the name of the river between the ridges?

5. At the end of Chapter Two, what event does Chege remind Waiyaki will take place the following day?

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