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

2. What is the name of the village were Njoroge lives in Chapter 1?
(a) Garissa.
(b) Meru.
(c) Embu.
(d) Mahua.

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

4. What is the local town that is described in Chapter 1?
(a) Kipanga.
(b) Kisumu.
(c) Mombasa.
(d) Eldoret.

5. What does the narrator say the Indians called Gandhi in Chapter 1?
(a) Bomet.
(b) Narok.
(c) Babu.
(d) Nandi.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many wives does the village carpenter have?

2. In what season does Njoroge's homeland become green and adorned with white flowers?

3. What is the answer when the teachers asks of the sound "U-u-u-u-u-u" "What animal says this?" (34)?

4. What is the name of God's tree in the creation story related by Ngotho in Chapter 2?

5. Who leads Njoroge to school on his first day in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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