Historical Context
What year did Kenya become independent from Great Britain?
What is 1963?
Who is Kabonyi?
What does Joshua wish about his wife, Miriamu?
Who said it:
“Do not be led by a youth. Did the tail ever lead the head, the child the father or the cubs the lion?"
Who is Kabonyi?
What is a recurring idea in a text called?
What is a "motif"?
What was the Berlin Conference of 1884 commonly known as?
What is "Congo Conference" or West Africa Conference"?
This character suffers the consequences of a "father's curse"...
Who is Muthoni?
Who is this quote said about?
“Not that she shared or cherished these sentiments. But she knew him. Joshua was such a staunch man of God and such a firm believer in the Old Testament, that he would never refrain from punishing a sin, even if this meant beating his wife. He did not mind as long as he was executing God’s justice.”
Who is Miriamu?
What is Waiyaki's school called?
What is Marioshoni?
What region of Kenya is The River Between set in?
What is the White Highlands/Mutira?
This character sees Waiyaki as the "hawk that always snatched his piece of meat"...
Who is Kamau?
What is the bad omen that scares the sisters after Muthoni tells Nyambura that she wants to be circumcised?
What is the barrel of water rolling back down the hill toward the water?
Who said it and what's the context?
"Go to the Mission place. Learn all the wisdom and all the secrets of the white man. But do not follow his vices. Be true to your people and the ancient rites."
What is when Chege tells Waiyaki that he is the last in Mugo's line?
What is the cultural meaning behind female circumcision?
What was the name of the "invasion, occupation, division, and colonization" of African countries?
What is "The Scramble for Africa"?
This character resembles Peter in the Gospels...
Who is Kinuthia?
Why does Waiyaki return to Siriana towards the end of the novel?
What is to recruit more teachers?
Who said it? What is the significance of this quote?
“Waiyaki is a good young man. But people can talk, you know. We do not want any more trouble in this house. I cannot bear it. Not after Muthoni . . .”
What is that Miriamu does not have the same stringent beliefs as her husband?
Where does Waiyaki go to think before he is put on trial?
What is the sacred grove?
What was the military resistance against the British in Kenya called?
The Great Seer
Who is Mugo wa Kibiro?
What were the two promises involved in the oath that Waiyaki made to the Kiama?
What are that Waiyaki wouldn't contaminate the tribe and wouldn't reveal the secrets of the Kiama?
Who? Context? Significance?
“Look, please, I—I want to be a woman. I want to be a real girl, a real woman, knowing all the ways of the hills and ridges.”
What do the disappearance of Wachiori, Mugo wa Kibiro, and Kamiri (from Ch. 1) represent?
What is the destruction of culture (at the hands of the white man)?