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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapters 10 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mwihaki like to do with flowers, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?
(a) Pick them for her mother.
(b) Weave them into necklaces and hair adornments.
(c) Pick them and throw them at Njoroge.
(d) Pick them for her sister.

2. With whom does Njoroge associate Adam from the Bible?
(a) Kihii.
(b) Mumbi.
(c) Kipanga.
(d) Gikuyu.

3. Jacobo is said to be the first black man allowed to grow what crop in the area?
(a) Pyrethrum.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Green tea.
(d) Black tea.

4. Where does Njoroge suggest he and Mwihaki meet on Sunday in Chapter 11?
(a) At church.
(b) At school.
(c) At her house.
(d) At the hill.

5. What do Njoroge and Kamau go to the forest to search for in Chapter 4?
(a) Tigers.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Antelopes.
(d) Lions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the carpenter who has been found killed in Chapter 11?

3. What animals are heard in the end of Chapter 11?

4. What is the answer when the teachers asks of the sound "U-u-u-u-u-u" "What animal says this?" (34)?

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

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