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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 did Dedan thank the police for when he dropped them a note from an airplane, according to Karanja's story in Chapter 8?
(a) A VW bug.
(b) A limousine.
(c) An airplane.
(d) A motorbike.

2. Boro tells his brother Kori that he was one of how many who escaped in Chapter 8?
(a) Five.
(b) Nine.
(c) Three.
(d) Eight.

3. Who dom the officers ask Njoroge if he knows in Chapter 15?
(a) Memsahib.
(b) Mwangi.
(c) Boro.
(d) Kiarie.

4. Who is the teacher that teaches Njoroge's class English in Chapter 5?
(a) Lucia.
(b) Mwangi.
(c) Kamau.
(d) Isaka.

5. About what age does Njoroge claim to be when questioned by the officers in Chapter 15?
(a) 12.
(b) 22.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. Immediately how did Ngotho feel after Jacobo's death, according to the narrator in Chapter 15?

2. In her letter to Njoroge in Chapter 14, Mwihaki tells him that in their home village, there is not so much a fear of death as a fear of what (112)?

3. How did Kori injure himself escaping in Chapter 8?

4. What does the term "Ihii cia mutitu" mean (68)?

5. What language do the Kikuyu people speak?

(see the answer key)

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