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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapters 8 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the answer when the teachers asks of the sound "U-u-u-u-u-u" "What animal says this?" (34)?
(a) A sheep.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A cow.
(d) A dog.

2. What word in Chapter 6 refers to the Government?
(a) Kiarie.
(b) Serikali.
(c) Thingira.
(d) Kihii.

3. Who is the big son of Jacobo?
(a) John.
(b) Njeri.
(c) Ngotho.
(d) Isaka.

4. Who does Kamau say Boro called Jomo in Chapter 5?
(a) The Black Jesus.
(b) The Black Noah.
(c) The Black Judas.
(d) The Black Moses.

5. Who is the teacher that teaches Njoroge's class English in Chapter 5?
(a) Isaka.
(b) Mwangi.
(c) Kamau.
(d) Lucia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the local town that is described in Chapter 1?

3. What have Kamau's wages been raised to in Chapter 7?

4. Who sits next to Ngotho at the meeting on the first day of the strike?

5. When did Jomo Kenyatta serve as Kenya's Prime Minister?

(see the answer key)

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