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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: "The Waning Light," Chapter 7 - "Interlude".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mwihaki discover when she rushes home to announced she has passed in school in Chapter 7?
(a) That her father has been attacked.
(b) That her father has been exiled.
(c) That her father has been promoted.
(d) That her father has been murdered.

2. What is the verb in the sentence used by the teacher to demonstrate person in Chapter 5?
(a) Stand.
(b) Jump.
(c) Walk.
(d) Talk.

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

4. Who is the village carpenter?
(a) Ngotho.
(b) Mr. Howlands.
(c) Boro.
(d) Nganga.

5. Who says "Education is the light of Kenya," according to Kamau in Chapter 4 (38)?
(a) Lucia.
(b) Jomo.
(c) Nganga.
(d) Memsahib.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the village were Njoroge lives in Chapter 1?

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

3. What did Ngotho pay for his son to become an apprentice to the village carpenter?

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

5. Who is Lucia's mother?

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