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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. Where has the chief been killed in the "Interlude"?
(a) Nyumba.
(b) Kamau.
(c) Murang'a.
(d) Kipanga.

2. The narrator states in Chapter 15 of Mr. Howlands, "For Ngotho had become for him a symbol of" what (120)?
(a) "Men who made him ashamed."
(b) "The savages who walked the earth."
(c) "Evil that now stood in his path."
(d) "Good versus evil."

3. At what time does everyone have to be indoors as per the curfew order in Chapter 10?
(a) 10:00.
(b) 8:00.
(c) 6:00.
(d) 9:00.

4. The narrator notes in Chapter 13, "Somehow the Gikuyu people always saw their deliverance as embodied in" what (104)?
(a) "Jesus."
(b) "Education."
(c) "Fighting."
(d) "Submission."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term in Chapter 9 means "goodbye"?

2. The High School for Europeans is located a few miles from where, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?

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

4. Who says "Education is the light of Kenya," according to Kamau in Chapter 4 (38)?

5. How does Njoroge end up in Mwihaki's class in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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