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

2. Who is Suzannah's second son?
(a) Paul.
(b) Michael.
(c) Peter.
(d) Stephen.

3. Who is the big daughter of Jacobo?
(a) Memsahib.
(b) Lucia.
(c) Nyokabi.
(d) Njeri.

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

5. Who is the big son of Jacobo?
(a) Njeri.
(b) Isaka.
(c) John.
(d) Ngotho.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Njoroge recall a young Indian boy giving him, causing his mother to rebuke him, in Chapter 4?

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

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

4. Who is Lucia's mother?

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

(see the answer key)

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