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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Muthoni gone?
(a) To her aunt's.
(b) To her grandmother's.
(c) To Nairobi.
(d) To Siriana.

2. What is the name of the river between the ridges?
(a) Makuyu.
(b) Kiambu.
(c) Honia.
(d) Kameno.

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

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

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

6. How did Waiyaki feel the morning of the ceremony in Chapter Three?
(a) Angry.
(b) Excited.
(c) Dejected.
(d) Terrified.

7. What is a "kihii"?
(a) A sacrificial goat.
(b) A traditional instrument.
(c) An uncircumcised boy.
(d) A ceremonial pipe.

8. What is rumored to be coming to Makuyu?
(a) The railroad.
(b) The white man's military.
(c) A government post.
(d) A new Christian mission.

9. Why do young people visit the river before the rite of circumcision?
(a) To drink from the river.
(b) To wash themselves.
(c) To numb their skin.
(d) To wet rags for use during the ceremony.

10. What weapon do the two boys use to fight one another?
(a) Sticks.
(b) Knives.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Only their fists.

11. Who was the ancient seer from Kameno?
(a) Wachiori.
(b) Kamiri.
(c) Mugo wa Kibiro.
(d) Murungu.

12. What rumor circulates about Joshua?
(a) He still makes sacrifices to Murungu.
(b) He killed a white man.
(c) He is very ill.
(d) He drinks in secret.

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

14. What is the thingira?
(a) The community well.
(b) The women's hut.
(c) The man's hut.
(d) The medicine man.

15. What reaction did Waiyaki have that was unusual?
(a) He cried.
(b) He passed out.
(c) He laughed.
(d) He fell asleep.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What kind of animal does Waiyaki sit next to in the thingira at the beginning of Chapter Four?

4. What livestock are the boys in charge of?

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

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