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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of these behaviors is not one condemned by Joshua?
(a) Traditional dances.
(b) Drinking alcohol.
(c) Circumcision.
(d) Singing songs of praise.

3. What does Chege tell Waiyaki the bark of a certain tree is good for?
(a) Rashes.
(b) Fever.
(c) A fresh wound.
(d) Headaches.

4. What is the name of the mountain Waiyaki and Chege can see in the distance at the end of Chapter Four?
(a) Kerinyaga.
(b) Kilimanjaro.
(c) Kulal.
(d) Karenga.

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

6. Where did Waiyaki sit for the ceremony?
(a) Alone by the river.
(b) Between his mother's thighs.
(c) Behind his father.
(d) In front of the tribe's elders.

7. What kind of tree grows near the edge of the sacred hill?
(a) Acacia.
(b) Mugumo.
(c) Baobob.
(d) Camphor.

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

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

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

11. From where did the ancient seer whisper to his son that salvation would come?
(a) God.
(b) The hills.
(c) Across the ocean.
(d) White man.

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

13. What kind of animal does Waiyaki sit next to in the thingira at the beginning of Chapter Four?
(a) A cow.
(b) A dog.
(c) A horse.
(d) A sheep.

14. Who was the great witch whose magic won him great fame?
(a) Wachiori.
(b) Mugo wa Kibiro.
(c) Kamiri.
(d) Murungu.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were Gikuyu and Mumbi?

2. How many wives does Chege have?

3. What is the meaning of "tiitheru"?

4. Who were Demi na Mathathi?

5. What animal makes Waiyaki want to touch their bodies?

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