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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. What Kenyan dish is Nyokabi making when Njoroge and his father talk about the approaching of school beginning in Chapter 4?
(a) Pilaf.
(b) Ugali.
(c) Githeri.
(d) Irio.

2. Who is Ngotho's second wife?
(a) Njeri.
(b) Lucia.
(c) Nyokabi.
(d) Nganga.

3. Who says "Education is the light of Kenya," according to Kamau in Chapter 4 (38)?
(a) Nganga.
(b) Memsahib.
(c) Jomo.
(d) Lucia.

4. What does Nyokabi tell Njoroge she will buy him when his father gets paid in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) A shirt and a pair of shorts.
(b) A pair of pants and a sweater.
(c) A calico.
(d) A pair of pants and a suit jacket.

5. What word in Chapter 6 refers to the Government?
(a) Kiarie.
(b) Thingira.
(c) Kihii.
(d) Serikali.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ngotho's first wife?

2. What term from the novel refers to a man's habitation, such as the one belonging to Njoroge's father?

3. With whom does Njoroge associate Eve from the Bible?

4. Who does Kamau say Boro called Jomo in Chapter 5?

5. What does the narrator say the Indians called Gandhi in Chapter 1?

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