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

2. What word from the novel refers to a woman's abode?
(a) Nyumba.
(b) Kihii.
(c) Thingira.
(d) Kipanga.

3. 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) "The fear of enjoyment."
(c) "An electric tension in the air."
(d) "The undercurrent of violence pulsing around you."

4. Who shouts in the end of Chapter 9, "Never! Never! Black people must rise up and fight" (75)?
(a) Boro.
(b) Kori.
(c) Kiarie.
(d) Mwangi.

5. The narrator states in Chapter 12 that Mr. Howlands wants is to bring Ngotho to what?
(a) His land in America.
(b) Understanding of authority.
(c) His home in England.
(d) Submissive humiliation.

Short Answer Questions

1. The bush around what kind of trees is said to be a holy place in Chapter 2?

2. What does Boro refer to as "a law of nature" in Chapter 12 (102)?

3. What oath does the narrator say Ngotho would not take at his son's hand or instruction in Chapter 8?

4. Exactly how much later does the narrator describe the "Interlude" taking place?

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

(see the answer key)

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