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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 Kamau apprenticeshipping to become in Chapter 1?
(a) A miller.
(b) A tailor.
(c) A carpenter.
(d) A baker.

2. The narrator states in Chapter 1 that "time and bad conditions do not favour" what (3)?
(a) "Youth."
(b) "Society."
(c) "People."
(d) "Beauty."

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

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 sheep.
(b) A dog.
(c) A cow.
(d) A chicken.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Ngotho's first wife?

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

4. With whom does Njoroge associate Adam from the Bible?

5. How many wives does the village carpenter have?

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