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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 is described in Chapter 12 as "the only thing that could now give [Boro] fire and boldness" (102)?
(a) Family.
(b) Land.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Justice.

2. Who is Ngotho's first wife?
(a) Njeri.
(b) Nyokabi.
(c) Lucia.
(d) Juliana.

3. Where is Mwihaki assigned to go to school after not scoring very well on her Secondary School testing?
(a) An arts and performance school.
(b) A teacher training school.
(c) A culinary school.
(d) A secretarial school.

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

5. According to Karanja's story in Chapter 8, at what time did Dedan Kimathi say he would visit the police station in Nyeri?
(a) 3:30 p.m.
(b) 9:00 a.m.
(c) 10:30 a.m.
(d) 2:10 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who walks with Njoroge to the Christian gathering in Chapter 12?

3. What word from the novel refers to a woman's abode?

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

5. How much per yard does Njoroge tell the woman that the dress is when she asks at the market in Chapter 16?

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