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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. How many people, including the barber, were taken from their houses three nights ago and killed, according to Kamau in Chapter 11?
(a) Ten.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

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

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

4. Who is said to have changed because of the war in Chapter 4?
(a) Kori.
(b) Jomo.
(c) Ngotho.
(d) Boro.

5. To whom does Njoroge associate the Gikuyu people in Chapter 5?
(a) The slaves in America.
(b) The children of Israel.
(c) The soldiers of war.
(d) The Jews in Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has the chief been killed in the "Interlude"?

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

3. With what hero from the Bible does Njoroge admire and often identify himself?

4. What have Kamau's wages been raised to in Chapter 7?

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

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