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

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 grade are Njoroge and Mwihaki in when the begin to learn English in Chapter 5?
(a) Standard VI.
(b) Standard IV.
(c) Standard III.
(d) Standard V.

4. When did Jomo Kenyatta die?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1988.

5. Who shouts in the end of Chapter 9, "Never! Never! Black people must rise up and fight" (75)?
(a) Mwangi.
(b) Kori.
(c) Kiarie.
(d) Boro.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Stephen move in Chapter 15?

3. What oath does the narrator say Ngotho would not take at his son's hand or instruction in Chapter 8?

4. What did Dedan thank the police for when he dropped them a note from an airplane, according to Karanja's story in Chapter 8?

5. Before Njoroge started school, he was lent to his distant uncle to help him in doing what?

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