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

2. Of Mr. Howlands, the narrator says in Chapter 10, "To submit to his wife was to listen to the voice of" what (77)?
(a) "Insolence."
(b) "God."
(c) "Propriety."
(d) "England."

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

4. Which of Boro's friends comes to push for and discuss the strike at Njoroge's home in Chapter 6?
(a) Nganga.
(b) Memsahib.
(c) Kiarie.
(d) Kihii.

5. Where did the teacher Isaka go the year before Njoroge finished the first school?
(a) Nyeri.
(b) Nyumba.
(c) Kihii.
(d) Thingira.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is said to have been arrested in the "Interlude"?

2. What does Ngotho do when Jacobo takes the stage at the strike meeting in Chapter 7?

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

4. Where is Karanja from?

5. Who is the letter on the school purportedly from in Chapter 10?

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