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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. Who leads Njoroge to school on his first day in Chapter 2?
(a) Memsahib.
(b) Isaka.
(c) Lucia.
(d) Mwihaki.

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

3. What does Mwihaki like to do with flowers, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?
(a) Pick them for her mother.
(b) Pick them and throw them at Njoroge.
(c) Pick them for her sister.
(d) Weave them into necklaces and hair adornments.

4. In what season does Njoroge's homeland become green and adorned with white flowers?
(a) Coffee season.
(b) Sugarcane season.
(c) Maize season.
(d) Njahi season.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Kamau apprenticeshipping to become in Chapter 1?

3. Who does Njoroge realize the European woman was who came to his English class in Chapter 5?

4. The narrator states in Chapter 1 that "time and bad conditions do not favour" what (3)?

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

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