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

2. When was Jomo Kenyatta born?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1897.

3. Who does Njoroge realize the European woman was who came to his English class in Chapter 5?
(a) Mr. Howland's daughter.
(b) Isaka's wife.
(c) Ngotho's adoptive mother.
(d) Kori's fiancee.

4. 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.

5. What does the term "Ihii cia mutitu" mean (68)?
(a) The Abyei Liberation Front.
(b) The church.
(c) Freedom Boys of the Forest.
(d) The government.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What term from the novel refers to a man's habitation, such as the one belonging to Njoroge's father?

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)?

5. 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)?

(see the answer key)

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