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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 Ngotho's second wife?
(a) Lucia.
(b) Nyokabi.
(c) Nganga.
(d) Njeri.

2. Where did the teacher Isaka go the year before Njoroge finished the first school?
(a) Thingira.
(b) Nyeri.
(c) Nyumba.
(d) Kihii.

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

4. Whom does Njoroge know that he must see in the end of Chapter 16?
(a) Kiarie.
(b) Memsahib.
(c) Mwihaki.
(d) Boro.

5. What aspect of Boro's character makes him a good leader for the Freedom Fighters, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?
(a) That he has a steady demeanor and strong determination.
(b) That he is a shrewd and effective military strategist.
(c) That he does not care what happens to him personally.
(d) That he is driven by his love of God and his people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Karanja from?

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

3. Who shouts in the end of Chapter 9, "Never! Never! Black people must rise up and fight" (75)?

4. What word from the "Interlude" means freedom?

5. Who is Njoroge's brother who died in the war?

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