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Makhaya is a troubled character who feels constrained by his tribal identity in South Africa. He decides to leave South Africa and travel to Botswana in search of freedom and a new life. The chapter provides clues through descriptions of the sunrise that Makhaya hopes to find peace and a new beginning in Botswana, but it is unclear if he will truly find what he is looking for by running away from his problems. The story is set in the late 1950s/early 1960s during a time of rising nationalism and calls for independence in African nations.

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Chapter 1 Questions

Makhaya is a troubled character who feels constrained by his tribal identity in South Africa. He decides to leave South Africa and travel to Botswana in search of freedom and a new life. The chapter provides clues through descriptions of the sunrise that Makhaya hopes to find peace and a new beginning in Botswana, but it is unclear if he will truly find what he is looking for by running away from his problems. The story is set in the late 1950s/early 1960s during a time of rising nationalism and calls for independence in African nations.

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WhenRainCloudsGather

ChapterOneExercises.

1.OurfirstdescriptionofMakhayarevealsalotabouthischaracter.Headstates:

Heistooeasily_______________________________________________________________________ofliving.

Theinnerpartofhimwasa___________________________________________________discord.

Theoutsidehoweverwasasenseofcalm___________________________________________containment.

2.GivethreeexamplesthatshowthatMakhayaisonedgeinthefirsttwopages(12)
a.
b.
c.

3.Thattribalnameisthewrongoneforme.Itisforonewhostayshome,yettheygaveittomeand
I_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.Itsonlyeducationthat_______________________________________________________________________________

5.Youarerunningawayfromtribalism.But__________________________________________________________

6.Atthisstageofthebook,whydoyouthinkMakhayawouldbeconcernedwithtribalism?

7.Iwanttofeelwhatitisliketoliveinafreecountryandmaybe_________________________________
____________________________________

8.Whatdoesthisquotesuggesttousabouttheideas/themesofthestory?

9.WhatdowelearnaboutMakhayafromtheepisodewiththeoldwomanandthegirl?

10.Thebeliefisdescribedasaclinging,ancestral,tribalbelief____________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________child

11.WhatwashissimplereasonforleavingSouthAfrica?

12.Inthemorningwehaveadescriptionofthesunriseandhowthelightmovedandreflectedoff
theland.Whyisthissymbolic?DoesthisgiveusanycluesastowhetherMakhayawillfindpeace
inBotswana?Explainyouranswer.

13.Hesimplyandsilentlydecided______________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________journey?

14.Fromthecluesinpage14andtheBotswanaHistoryhandoutnametheyearthenovelisset?

Homework
15.WhoisKwameNkrumah?Whywouldhebeimportantinthiscontext.

16.WhatroadisMakhayaseeking?Why?

17.HowdoestheoldmandescribeSouthAfrica?HowdoeshedescribeBotswana?
SouthAfrica

Botswana

18.Thelastwordinchapteroneislight.Whymightthisbeimportant?(bearinginmindQ.12)

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