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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 does the letter at the school threaten if the school is not instantly shut down?
(a) Bombing.
(b) Beheading.
(c) Shooting.
(d) Stabbings.

2. Who sits next to Ngotho at the meeting on the first day of the strike?
(a) The barber.
(b) Lucia.
(c) Juliana.
(d) Kamau.

3. Who is Suzannah's second son?
(a) Michael.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Paul.
(d) Peter.

4. Who does Njoroge come home to find crying and in dispute with Ngotho in Chapter 6?
(a) Kiarie.
(b) Thingira.
(c) Nyokabi.
(d) Kihii.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shouts in the end of Chapter 9, "Never! Never! Black people must rise up and fight" (75)?

2. Jacobo is said to be the first black man allowed to grow what crop in the area?

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

4. What term from the novel refers to a man's habitation, such as the one belonging to Njoroge's father?

5. What has Jacobo chosen to do after the incident at the strike meeting in Chapter 7?

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