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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. Who is Ngotho's second wife?
(a) Nganga.
(b) Nyokabi.
(c) Lucia.
(d) Njeri.

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

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

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

5. How long has it been since Njoroge first began school when Chapter 7 begins?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Five years.
(d) Three years.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what hero from the Bible does Njoroge admire and often identify himself?

2. What have Kamau's wages been raised to in Chapter 7?

3. Exactly how much later does the narrator describe the "Interlude" taking place?

4. Who is the big daughter of Jacobo?

5. Who is said to have been arrested in the "Interlude"?

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