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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 does Mwihaki like to do with flowers, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?
(a) Pick them for her sister.
(b) Pick them and throw them at Njoroge.
(c) Pick them for her mother.
(d) Weave them into necklaces and hair adornments.

2. What Kenyan dish is Nyokabi making when Njoroge and his father talk about the approaching of school beginning in Chapter 4?
(a) Pilaf.
(b) Ugali.
(c) Githeri.
(d) Irio.

3. Where has Mwihaki's brother actually gone, according to the narrative in Chapter 13?
(a) France.
(b) The United States.
(c) Germany.
(d) Great Britain.

4. Where does Njoroge suggest he and Mwihaki meet on Sunday in Chapter 11?
(a) At church.
(b) At school.
(c) At the hill.
(d) At her house.

5. 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)?
(a) "We praise you Jesus."
(b) "Jesus the Lamb of God."
(c) "Jesus Thy blood cleans away my sins."
(d) "I praise, thee Father Jesus."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Njoroge realize the European woman was who came to his English class in Chapter 5?

2. What animals are heard in the end of Chapter 11?

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

4. Where does the narrator say Boro and Kori keep their beds in Chapter 10?

5. Who is the carpenter who has been found killed in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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