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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapters 14 - 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have Kamau's wages been raised to in Chapter 7?
(a) 40 shillings.
(b) 30 shillings.
(c) 50 shillings.
(d) 20 shillings.

2. What has Jacobo chosen to do after the incident at the strike meeting in Chapter 7?
(a) To have Ngotho murdered.
(b) To kick Ngotho off his land.
(c) To have Ngotho's family exiled from the village.
(d) To have Ngotho sent to a detainment center.

3. Who was fought by the Kenyans in the second Big War?
(a) Mugabe.
(b) Bush.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Mussolini.

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

5. In Chapter 14, Stephen says, "And when you are walking in Nairobi or in the country, though the sky may be clear and the sun smiling, you are still not free to enjoy the friendliness of the sky because you are aware of" what (110-111)?
(a) "The stench of oppression."
(b) "An electric tension in the air."
(c) "The fear of enjoyment."
(d) "The undercurrent of violence pulsing around you."

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 1 that "time and bad conditions do not favour" what (3)?

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

3. Who is the letter on the school purportedly from in Chapter 10?

4. Where has the chief been killed in the "Interlude"?

5. Where did Njoroge attend school before coming to his high school?

(see the answer key)

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