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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapters 16 - 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Njoroge's brother who died in the war?
(a) Boro.
(b) Isaka.
(c) Kori.
(d) Mwangi.

2. What animals are heard in the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Lions.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Bears.
(d) Birds.

3. To whom does Njoroge associate the Gikuyu people in Chapter 5?
(a) The soldiers of war.
(b) The children of Israel.
(c) The slaves in America.
(d) The Jews in Germany.

4. Whom does Boro express delay in killing in Chapter 12?
(a) Mr. Howlands.
(b) Ngotho.
(c) Isaka.
(d) Kiarie.

5. The narrator states in Chapter 9, "To [Ngotho] Jomo stood for custom and tradition purified by grace of learning and" what (74)?
(a) "Reading books."
(b) "Wisdom."
(c) "Much travel."
(d) "Purity."

Short Answer Questions

1. What language do the Kikuyu people speak?

2. Who is the big son of Jacobo?

3. Where is Karanja from?

4. What word in the narrative refers to a truck?

5. What object led Mr. Howlands to the discovery of who murdered Jacobo?

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