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

2. What does Mwihaki like to do with flowers, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?
(a) Pick them and throw them at Njoroge.
(b) Weave them into necklaces and hair adornments.
(c) Pick them for her mother.
(d) Pick them for her sister.

3. What word in Chapter 5 refers to an uncircumcised man?
(a) Asante.
(b) Kihii.
(c) Chakula.
(d) Hatare.

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

5. Jacobo is said to be the first black man allowed to grow what crop in the area?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Green tea.
(c) Black tea.
(d) Pyrethrum.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where were the bodies of the barber and others discovered dead after they were taken from their homes three nights ago in Chapter 11?

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

5. How does Njoroge end up in Mwihaki's class in Chapter 4?

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