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

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

3. What word from the "Interlude" means freedom?
(a) Wiyathi.
(b) Memsahib.
(c) Kiarie.
(d) Mucatha.

4. Who is said to have been arrested in the "Interlude"?
(a) Jomo.
(b) Dedan.
(c) Kipanga.
(d) Mucatha.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is Suzannah's first child?

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

5. Boro tells his brother Kori that he was one of how many who escaped in Chapter 8?

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