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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: "The Waning Light," Chapters 3 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Kamau apprenticeshipping to become in Chapter 1?
(a) A baker.
(b) A tailor.
(c) A miller.
(d) A carpenter.

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

3. What do Njoroge and Kamau go to the forest to search for in Chapter 4?
(a) Tigers.
(b) Lions.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Antelopes.

4. Where is Mr. Howlands from?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Australia.
(d) The United States.

5. What is the answer when the teachers asks of the sound "U-u-u-u-u-u" "What animal says this?" (34)?
(a) A dog.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A cow.
(d) A sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the big daughter of Jacobo?

2. Who is Lucia's mother?

3. What does Njoroge recall a young Indian boy giving him, causing his mother to rebuke him, in Chapter 4?

4. Njuka is the name that is given to whom, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?

5. What does Nyokabi tell Njoroge she will buy him when his father gets paid in the beginning of Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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