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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapters 12 - 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Njoroge's first impulse when he learns that he will be able to attend high school in Chapter 13?
(a) To ask his father's permission.
(b) To sign up.
(c) To thank God.
(d) To write to his mother.

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 III.
(d) Standard IV.

3. What is the local town that is described in Chapter 1?
(a) Mombasa.
(b) Eldoret.
(c) Kisumu.
(d) Kipanga.

4. How far from home is Njoroge's new school in Chapter 8?
(a) Five miles.
(b) Two miles.
(c) Three miles.
(d) Ten miles.

5. Mwihaki tells Njoroge in Chapter 13, "When people go away, they tend to" do what (105)?
(a) "Grow as individuals and as leaders."
(b) "Forget those that they left behind."
(c) "Look back and wish they had never left."
(d) "Regret their homelands."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Njoroge's brother who died in the war?

2. How is the roof of the office in which Mr. Howlands sits described in Chapter 10?

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

4. What animals are heard in the end of Chapter 11?

5. What word from the "Interlude" means freedom?

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