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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. How far from home is Njoroge's new school in Chapter 8?
(a) Ten miles.
(b) Five miles.
(c) Three miles.
(d) Two miles.

2. What word from the novel refers to a woman's abode?
(a) Kihii.
(b) Kipanga.
(c) Thingira.
(d) Nyumba.

3. What is the answer when the teachers asks of the sound "U-u-u-u-u-u" "What animal says this?" (34)?
(a) A chicken.
(b) A sheep.
(c) A cow.
(d) A dog.

4. How many people, including the barber, were taken from their houses three nights ago and killed, according to Kamau in Chapter 11?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Ten.

5. When did Jomo Kenyatta serve as Kenya's Prime Minister?
(a) 1960-1962.
(b) 1965-1972.
(c) 1963-1964.
(d) 1942-1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dedan thank the police for when he dropped them a note from an airplane, according to Karanja's story in Chapter 8?

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

3. For whom did the Kenyans fight in the second Big War?

4. What does the term "Ihii cia mutitu" mean (68)?

5. What term from the novel refers to a man's habitation, such as the one belonging to Njoroge's father?

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