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

2. What is the name of the homeguard post where Njoroge is summoned in Chapter 15?
(a) The House of Pain.
(b) The House of the Rising Sun.
(c) The Oxen House.
(d) The Halfway House.

3. What word in Chapter 5 refers to an uncircumcised man?
(a) Chakula.
(b) Asante.
(c) Hatare.
(d) Kihii.

4. How far from home is Njoroge's new school in Chapter 8?
(a) Ten miles.
(b) Two miles.
(c) Three miles.
(d) Five miles.

5. How did Kori injure himself escaping in Chapter 8?
(a) He hurt his knee.
(b) He hurt his neck.
(c) He hurt his ankle.
(d) He hurt his arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Njoroge's first class of the day in Chapter 15?

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

3. Who says of Jomo in Chapter 9, "It knew he would lose. I always said that all white men are the same. His lawyers must have been bribed" (74)?

4. To whom does Njoroge associate the Gikuyu people in Chapter 5?

5. 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)?

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