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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word in Chapter 5 refers to an uncircumcised man?
(a) Hatare.
(b) Chakula.
(c) Asante.
(d) Kihii.

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

3. What is the name of the homeguard post where Njoroge is summoned in Chapter 15?
(a) The Oxen House.
(b) The Halfway House.
(c) The House of Pain.
(d) The House of the Rising Sun.

4. In what term at school is Njoroge when Chapter 15 begins?
(a) His fourth.
(b) His first.
(c) His second.
(d) His third.

5. What is described in Chapter 14 as a famous school for European boys?
(a) The Ross School.
(b) The Oakland School.
(c) The Hill School.
(d) The Beck School.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the bodies of the barber and others discovered dead after they were taken from their homes three nights ago in Chapter 11?

2. The narrator notes in Chapter 13, "Somehow the Gikuyu people always saw their deliverance as embodied in" what (104)?

3. What is the Indian doing in his corner at the market in Chapter 16?

4. What is the verb in the sentence used by the teacher to demonstrate person in Chapter 5?

5. What is Kamau apprenticeshipping to become in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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