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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 do Njoroge and Kamau go to the forest to search for in Chapter 4?
(a) Antelopes.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Lions.
(d) Tigers.

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

3. Exactly how much later does the narrator describe the "Interlude" taking place?
(a) One and a half years later.
(b) Four and a half years later.
(c) Two and a half years later.
(d) Three and a half years later.

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

5. What Kenyan dish is Nyokabi making when Njoroge and his father talk about the approaching of school beginning in Chapter 4?
(a) Pilaf.
(b) Githeri.
(c) Irio.
(d) Ugali.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in Chapter 6 refers to the Government?

2. What does Njoroge recall a young Indian boy giving him, causing his mother to rebuke him, in Chapter 4?

3. What is the rain perceived as by the people as they await Jomo's judgment in Chapter 9?

4. According to Karanja's story in Chapter 8, at what time did Dedan Kimathi say he would visit the police station in Nyeri?

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

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