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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. Who are facing murder charges for the death of Mr. Howlands?
(a) Kiarie and Mwangi.
(b) Boro and Kamau.
(c) Kori and Memsahib.
(d) Kiarie and Lucia.

2. What does the narrator say the Indians called Gandhi in Chapter 1?
(a) Bomet.
(b) Babu.
(c) Nandi.
(d) Narok.

3. Whom does Boro express delay in killing in Chapter 12?
(a) Kiarie.
(b) Mr. Howlands.
(c) Ngotho.
(d) Isaka.

4. Where did Mwihaki's father learn English?
(a) Mombasa.
(b) Siriana.
(c) Nairobi.
(d) Kisumu.

5. How is the weather described on a January morning in Chapter 12?
(a) Hot.
(b) Cold.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Snowy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many threatening notes does Jacobo tell Mr. Howlands he had received before the one he shows him in Chapter 12?

2. Njoroge tells Mwihaki in Chapter 13, "You and I can only put faith in" what (106)?

3. What does Mwihaki discover when she rushes home to announced she has passed in school in Chapter 7?

4. What is the area in central Kenya called where Njoroge lives in Chapter 1?

5. When does Stephen tell Njoroge that he will be moving away with his family when they first talk in Chapter 14?

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