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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapters 14 - 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the weather described on a January morning in Chapter 12?
(a) Snowy.
(b) Cold.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Hot.

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

3. As they part ways in Chapter 13, Njoroge feels ashamed of having thought Mwihaki to be what?
(a) Sinister.
(b) Weak.
(c) Frivolous.
(d) Jealous.

4. In her letter to Njoroge in Chapter 14, Mwihaki tells him that in their home village, there is not so much a fear of death as a fear of what (112)?
(a) Torture.
(b) Battle.
(c) Living.
(d) Genocide.

5. The threatening note presented by Jacobo in Chapter 12 says, "STOP YOUR MURDEROUS ACTIVITIES. OR ELSE WE SHALL COME FOR" what (98)?
(a) "YOUR HEAD."
(b) "YOUR WIVES."
(c) "YOUR CHILDREN."
(d) "YOUR LAND."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ngotho pay for his son to become an apprentice to the village carpenter?

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

3. How did Kori injure himself escaping in Chapter 8?

4. What term from the novel refers to a man's habitation, such as the one belonging to Njoroge's father?

5. About what age does Njoroge claim to be when questioned by the officers in Chapter 15?

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