View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom are sacrifices made before the initiation season?
(a) Demi na Mathathi.
(b) The ancient ancestors.
(c) Murungu.
(d) Kikuyu and Mumbi.

2. What is the name of the Creator who made the first people of the tribe?
(a) Murungu.
(b) Nyama.
(c) Koina.
(d) Muranga.

3. What year is Waiyaki in at the Siriana school?
(a) Sophomore.
(b) Freshman.
(c) Senior.
(d) Junior.

4. What does Joshua call himself after converting to Christianity?
(a) Pure and clean.
(b) A new creature.
(c) A child of God.
(d) A reborn man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is sent to bring Muthoni back?

2. What is a "kihii"?

3. What is the name of the mountain Waiyaki and Chege can see in the distance at the end of Chapter Four?

4. Who does Nyambura quote as saying circumcision is sinful?

5. What do the white men see in Waiyaki?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joshua feel about the rite of circumcision?

2. How does Waiyaki feel toward Muthoni?

3. Why does Nyambura leave the village at the end of Chapter Eight?

4. What stops the boys' fight in Chapter Two?

5. Why is Nyambura so upset by Muthoni's confession by the river?

6. How are the two ridges, Kameno and Makuyu, described?

7. What is Muthoni's argument to Nyambura about her desire to be circumcised?

8. What is Chege's explanation for why antelope run from men?

9. How does Nyambura feel about the river?

10. Describe the sacred place.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 935 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample