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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 term from the novel refers to a man's habitation, such as the one belonging to Njoroge's father?
(a) Kipanga.
(b) Thingira.
(c) Nganga.
(d) Kihii.

2. Who is the letter on the school purportedly from in Chapter 10?
(a) Kimathi.
(b) Kiarie.
(c) Boro.
(d) Jomo.

3. Who says of Jomo in Chapter 9, "It knew he would lose. I always said that all white men are the same. His lawyers must have been bribed" (74)?
(a) Kori.
(b) Nyokabi.
(c) Isaka.
(d) Kihii.

4. How does Njoroge end up in Mwihaki's class in Chapter 4?
(a) He is promoted one grade.
(b) He is held back for one grade.
(c) He is sent to the girls' school.
(d) He is demoted one grade.

5. What grade are Njoroge and Mwihaki in when the begin to learn English in Chapter 5?
(a) Standard VI.
(b) Standard III.
(c) Standard IV.
(d) Standard V.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many people, including the barber, were taken from their houses three nights ago and killed, according to Kamau in Chapter 11?

3. Who arranged the meeting in the market place that Njoroge recalls in the "Interlude"?

4. What does Mwihaki like to do with flowers, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?

5. What does Mwihaki discover when she rushes home to announced she has passed in school in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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