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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. Where will Njoroge attend the big misson school for Secondary School?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) Siriana.
(c) Nyeri.
(d) Mahua.

2. The narrator states in Chapter 12 that Mr. Howlands wants is to bring Ngotho to what?
(a) His home in England.
(b) Submissive humiliation.
(c) His land in America.
(d) Understanding of authority.

3. What is the name of the homeguard post where Njoroge is summoned in Chapter 15?
(a) The Halfway House.
(b) The House of Pain.
(c) The House of the Rising Sun.
(d) The Oxen House.

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

5. Where does Jacobo say he found the threatening note he shows Mr. Howlands in Chapter 12?
(a) At Mr. Howlands' door.
(b) On the school doors.
(c) On the church door.
(d) On his doorstep.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom did the Kenyans fight in the second Big War?

2. Of the women at the market, the narrator states that Njoroge "did not want to look at them in the face because he thought they would see the dreams of his boyhood and" do what (126)?

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

4. At what kind of factory do many of the black people earn their living in Kipanga?

5. Where does the narrator say Boro and Kori keep their beds in Chapter 10?

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