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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. When did Jomo Kenyatta serve as Kenya's Prime Minister?
(a) 1942-1959.
(b) 1963-1964.
(c) 1965-1972.
(d) 1960-1962.

2. 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)?
(a) Kori.
(b) Isaka.
(c) Nyokabi.
(d) Kihii.

3. The narrator states in Chapter 9, "To [Ngotho] Jomo stood for custom and tradition purified by grace of learning and" what (74)?
(a) "Wisdom."
(b) "Purity."
(c) "Much travel."
(d) "Reading books."

4. Immediately how did Ngotho feel after Jacobo's death, according to the narrator in Chapter 15?
(a) Valiant.
(b) Grateful.
(c) Sorrowful.
(d) Regretful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dom the officers ask Njoroge if he knows in Chapter 15?

2. Boro tells his brother Kori that he was one of how many who escaped in Chapter 8?

3. When does Stephen tell Njoroge that he will be moving away with his family when they first talk in Chapter 14?

4. What term in Chapter 9 means "goodbye"?

5. What language do the Kikuyu people speak?

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