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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: "The Waning Light," Chapters 5 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ngotho's employer's wife who is described as being too thin?
(a) Memsahib.
(b) Mwihaki.
(c) Juliana.
(d) Njeri.

2. Who is Njoroge's brother who died in the war?
(a) Isaka.
(b) Mwangi.
(c) Boro.
(d) Kori.

3. Where did Mwihaki's father learn English?
(a) Mombasa.
(b) Kisumu.
(c) Siriana.
(d) Nairobi.

4. What did Ngotho pay for his son to become an apprentice to the village carpenter?
(a) His first-born daughter's hand in marriage.
(b) A chicken and 50 shillings.
(c) A cow and 100 shillings.
(d) A goat and 150 shillings.

5. What word does the teacher use to demonstrate the sound for "e" in Chapter 4?
(a) Peter.
(b) Leaves.
(c) See.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the big daughter of Jacobo?

2. What does Mwihaki like to do with flowers, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?

3. Who does Njoroge realize the European woman was who came to his English class in Chapter 5?

4. Who are Njeri's three sons?

5. What Kenyan dish is Nyokabi making when Njoroge and his father talk about the approaching of school beginning in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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