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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 Njoroge recall a young Indian boy giving him, causing his mother to rebuke him, in Chapter 4?
(a) A loaf of bread.
(b) A pair of shoes.
(c) A shirt.
(d) A candy.

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

3. How many wives does the village carpenter have?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Suzannah's second son?

2. What does Mwihaki like to do with flowers, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?

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

4. What word does the teacher use to demonstrate the sound for "e" in Chapter 4?

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

(see the answer key)

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