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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. According to the narrator in describing the night of Mr. Howland's death, it is stated that "He had discovered that" who "could be a good relief" (128)?
(a) "White women."
(b) "White men."
(c) "Black men."
(d) "Black women."

2. What grade are Njoroge and Mwihaki in when the begin to learn English in Chapter 5?
(a) Standard V.
(b) Standard VI.
(c) Standard IV.
(d) Standard III.

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

4. What animals are heard in the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Elephants.
(b) Lions.
(c) Bears.
(d) Birds.

5. Where does the narrator say Boro and Kori keep their beds in Chapter 10?
(a) In Ngotho's hut.
(b) In Nyosabi's hut.
(c) In Njeri's hut.
(d) In Njoroge's hut.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Siriana Secondary School described by the narrator in the opening of Chapter 14 (108)?

2. How long has it been since Njoroge first began school when Chapter 7 begins?

3. What Kenyan dish is Nyokabi making when Njoroge and his father talk about the approaching of school beginning in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 16, the narrator describes Njoroge as seeing himself as an old man of what age?

5. In what term at school is Njoroge when Chapter 15 begins?

(see the answer key)

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