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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapters 10 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from the novel refers to a woman's abode?
(a) Kihii.
(b) Nyumba.
(c) Kipanga.
(d) Thingira.

2. At what time does everyone have to be indoors as per the curfew order in Chapter 10?
(a) 8:00.
(b) 6:00.
(c) 9:00.
(d) 10:00.

3. What word does the teacher use to demonstrate the sound for "e" in Chapter 4?
(a) Peter.
(b) Leaves.
(c) See.
(d) Teacher.

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

5. What does Mwihaki discover when she rushes home to announced she has passed in school in Chapter 7?
(a) That her father has been attacked.
(b) That her father has been exiled.
(c) That her father has been murdered.
(d) That her father has been promoted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Njoroge's brother who died in the war?

2. How is Ngotho injured at the strike meeting in Chapter 7?

3. What Kenyan dish is Nyokabi making when Njoroge and his father talk about the approaching of school beginning in Chapter 4?

4. How is the roof of the office in which Mr. Howlands sits described in Chapter 10?

5. How did Kori injure himself escaping in Chapter 8?

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