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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. Boro tells his brother Kori that he was one of how many who escaped in Chapter 8?
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) Nine.
(d) Three.

2. Where is Karanja from?
(a) Kihii.
(b) Ndeiya.
(c) Kipanga.
(d) Nairobi.

3. Who is Ngotho's employer's wife who is described as being too thin?
(a) Juliana.
(b) Mwihaki.
(c) Memsahib.
(d) Njeri.

4. Exactly how much later does the narrator describe the "Interlude" taking place?
(a) Four and a half years later.
(b) Two and a half years later.
(c) One and a half years later.
(d) Three and a half years later.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How far from home is Njoroge's new school in Chapter 8?

3. The narrator states in Chapter 1 that "time and bad conditions do not favour" what (3)?

4. With whom does Njoroge associate Adam from the Bible?

5. How does Njoroge end up in Mwihaki's class in Chapter 4?

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