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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 language do the Kikuyu people speak?
(a) The Bantu Kikuyu language.
(b) The Anyanya Bantu language.
(c) The Abyei Kikuyu language.
(d) The Azania Kikuyu language.

2. To whom does Njoroge associate the Gikuyu people in Chapter 5?
(a) The children of Israel.
(b) The soldiers of war.
(c) The slaves in America.
(d) The Jews in Germany.

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

4. 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)?
(a) Genocide.
(b) Battle.
(c) Torture.
(d) Living.

5. Which of Boro's friends comes to push for and discuss the strike at Njoroge's home in Chapter 6?
(a) Kiarie.
(b) Nganga.
(c) Kihii.
(d) Memsahib.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city can be seen in the distance from the hill at Njoroge's home?

2. When was Jomo Kenyatta born?

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

4. Who does Njoroge realize the European woman was who came to his English class in Chapter 5?

5. Like whom does Mr. Howlands tell Njoroge he will be castrated in Chapter 15?

(see the answer key)

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