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

2. Who is Lucia's mother?
(a) Memsahib.
(b) Juliana.
(c) Nganga.
(d) Mwihaki.

3. Who are Njeri's three sons?
(a) Memsahib, Jacobo, and Kori.
(b) Boro, Kori, and Kamau.
(c) Njoroge, Isaka, and Boro.
(d) Ngotho, Kamau, and Njoroge.

4. The bush around what kind of trees is said to be a holy place in Chapter 2?
(a) Fig trees.
(b) Banana trees.
(c) Oak trees.
(d) Sycamore trees.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the big son of Jacobo?

2. What is the local town that is described in Chapter 1?

3. At what kind of factory do many of the black people earn their living in Kipanga?

4. How many wives does the village carpenter have?

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

(see the answer key)

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