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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 word does the teacher use to demonstrate the sound for "e" in Chapter 4?
(a) See.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Peter.

2. What is Njoroge listening for when he falls asleep in the end of Chapter 6?
(a) The wolf howling.
(b) The voice of his sister.
(c) His mother crying.
(d) The voice of God.

3. What term from the novel refers to a man's habitation, such as the one belonging to Njoroge's father?
(a) Thingira.
(b) Nganga.
(c) Kihii.
(d) Kipanga.

4. How does Njoroge end up in Mwihaki's class in Chapter 4?
(a) He is sent to the girls' school.
(b) He is demoted one grade.
(c) He is promoted one grade.
(d) He is held back for one grade.

5. Who shouts in the end of Chapter 9, "Never! Never! Black people must rise up and fight" (75)?
(a) Mwangi.
(b) Boro.
(c) Kiarie.
(d) Kori.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ngotho's second wife?

2. What does Njoroge recall a young Indian boy giving him, causing his mother to rebuke him, in Chapter 4?

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

4. What does Ngotho do when Jacobo takes the stage at the strike meeting in Chapter 7?

5. What does Mwihaki like to do with flowers, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?

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