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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapters 12 - 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ngotho pay for his son to become an apprentice to the village carpenter?
(a) A goat and 150 shillings.
(b) A cow and 100 shillings.
(c) His first-born daughter's hand in marriage.
(d) A chicken and 50 shillings.

2. What is Njoroge's first impulse when he learns that he will be able to attend high school in Chapter 13?
(a) To write to his mother.
(b) To ask his father's permission.
(c) To sign up.
(d) To thank God.

3. Who is Lucia's mother?
(a) Nganga.
(b) Juliana.
(c) Memsahib.
(d) Mwihaki.

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

5. Who is the big son of Jacobo?
(a) Njeri.
(b) Ngotho.
(c) John.
(d) Isaka.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the local town that is described in Chapter 1?

3. What does the line from this hymn from Chapter 12 translate to in English (as expressed in the next verse)? "Nitugu-u-kugoca Je-e-Jesu" (99)?

4. Where did Mwihaki's father learn English?

5. The narrator states in Chapter 9, "To [Ngotho] Jomo stood for custom and tradition purified by grace of learning and" what (74)?

(see the answer key)

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