Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets.

Here are the correct forms of the verbs for question 7:

• (i) Last night while the wind was howling through the trees, Kere
• (ii) remembered the nights he spent with his wife Nyambura and the way he used to hold her close as they
• (iii) were whispering about their dreams. At that same time
• (iv) Mzee Magige was walking to the village center carrying his lantern, unaware that Kere
• (v) was weeing in the darkness.
• (vi) Today, as the sun sets behind the hills Kere is sitting on a wooden bench outside his hut.
• (vii) His eyes are watching the golden light as it fades away.
• (viii) Meanwhile, his only son Kebacho is playing a small wooden toy through the dust.
• (ix) This time tomorrow in the evening, as the village will be gathering for the harvest festival, Kere will stay at home thinking about the life he once had.
• (x) While others will be dancing and singing around him, once again, when his mother is coming back.
• (xi) Kebacho will be asking (This is given as an example in the question).