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

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

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

4. With whom does Njoroge associate Eve from the Bible?
(a) Mumbi.
(b) Gikuyu.
(c) Kihii.
(d) Kipanga.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the teacher that teaches Njoroge's class English in Chapter 5?

2. Who is Ngotho's employer's wife who is described as being too thin?

3. What word in Chapter 6 refers to the Government?

4. With what hero from the Bible does Njoroge admire and often identify himself?

5. Who is the big daughter of Jacobo?

(see the answer key)

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