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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapters 16 - 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 1 that "time and bad conditions do not favour" what (3)?
(a) "Beauty."
(b) "People."
(c) "Youth."
(d) "Society."

2. What test does Njoroge pass in order to get into high school?
(a) K.K.N.P.
(b) K.I.E.R.
(c) K.T.R.T.
(d) K.A.P.E.

3. Who is the village carpenter?
(a) Nganga.
(b) Mr. Howlands.
(c) Boro.
(d) Ngotho.

4. Who says of Jomo in Chapter 9, "It knew he would lose. I always said that all white men are the same. His lawyers must have been bribed" (74)?
(a) Kori.
(b) Isaka.
(c) Kihii.
(d) Nyokabi.

5. In her letter to Njoroge in Chapter 14, Mwihaki tells him that in their home village, there is not so much a fear of death as a fear of what (112)?
(a) Torture.
(b) Battle.
(c) Genocide.
(d) Living.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the term "Ihii cia mutitu" mean (68)?

2. What language do the Kikuyu people speak?

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

4. What word from the novel refers to a woman's abode?

5. For how long has Njoroge worked for the Indian at the market in Chapter 16?

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