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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What reaction did Waiyaki have that was unusual?
(a) He fell asleep.
(b) He cried.
(c) He passed out.
(d) He laughed.
2. To whom are sacrifices made before the initiation season?
(a) Kikuyu and Mumbi.
(b) Demi na Mathathi.
(c) Murungu.
(d) The ancient ancestors.
3. What does Joshua blame for the ills of the land?
(a) God's judgment of him.
(b) The impending apocalypse.
(c) The blindness of his people.
(d) The white man's interference.
4. What does Waiyaki call Muthoni?
(a) A witch.
(b) A sinner.
(c) A rebel.
(d) A beautiful girl.
5. Who was the great warrior who killed a lion by himself as a young man?
(a) Kamiri.
(b) Murungu.
(c) Mugo wa Kibiro.
(d) Wachiori.
6. What does Joshua's house look like?
(a) A rectangular building with a tin roof.
(b) A log cabin.
(c) A round, thatched hut.
(d) A mud-brick, square structure.
7. What does "tene na tene" mean?
(a) "Fight the fear."
(b) "Under the tree."
(c) "Across the river."
(d) "World without end."
8. For what sin of his wife's does Joshua beg God's forgiveness?
(a) Her disobedience.
(b) Her failure to give birth to a son.
(c) Her lack of authority with the people of Makuyu.
(d) Her circumcision.
9. Who does Nyambura quote as saying circumcision is sinful?
(a) Jesus Christ.
(b) Reverend Livingstone.
(c) The prophet Isaiah.
(d) Their father, Joshua.
10. Whom is Waiyaki shocked to see at the initiation preparations?
(a) Muthoni.
(b) Kinuthia.
(c) Kamau.
(d) Nyambura.
11. Where does Chege send his son?
(a) Siriana Mission Centre.
(b) Nairobi.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Johannesburg.
12. What do the majority of the houses in the village look like?
(a) Mud-brick, square structures.
(b) Log cabins.
(c) Rectangular buildings with tin roofs.
(d) Round, thatched huts.
13. Who is sent to bring Muthoni back?
(a) Nyambura.
(b) Kabonyi.
(c) Miriamu.
(d) Joshua.
14. How did Waiyaki feel the morning of the ceremony in Chapter Three?
(a) Excited.
(b) Dejected.
(c) Angry.
(d) Terrified.
15. Who was the ancient seer from Kameno?
(a) Wachiori.
(b) Murungu.
(c) Mugo wa Kibiro.
(d) Kamiri.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who were Demi na Mathathi?
2. Who sometimes helps Joshua with the Sunday service?
3. Who is sent out to find Muthoni?
4. What animal makes Waiyaki want to touch their bodies?
5. What event in Joshua's life brought him peace?
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