Pathways RWCT Unit 2 Reading 1

What is "primary school"?

• kindergarten

• elementary school

• junior high school

• high school

What country controlled Kenya when Maruge was born?

• Kenya

• Africa

• the UK

• the USA

What country controlled Kenya after 1963?

• Kenya

• Africa

• the UK

• the USA

Why didn't Maruge go to school when he was a child?

• The school was in English, and he couldn't speak English.

• He wanted to play soccer instead of going to school.

• There was no school in Africa then.

• School was not free, and his family was very poor.

At the beginning, all of the other first graders were happy to have Maruge in their class.

• True

• False

• Answer not given (NG)

Who helped Maruge start going to elementary school?

• his mother

• his friend

• the teacher

• the principal

What roles does the story mention Maruge had during his life?

• soldier, teacher, farmer, movie director

• farmer, soldier, student, teacher, speaker

• doctor, soldier, writer

• seventh grade teacher

When was the movie about Maruge's life released?

• the year before he died

• the year that he died

• the year after he died

• answer not given (NG)

What did Thoma Litei say was the lesson of Maruge's story?

• Reading is fun!

• It's never too late to try to achieve your dream.

• It's better to go to school when you are old.