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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. Who is the big daughter of Jacobo?
(a) Memsahib.
(b) Nyokabi.
(c) Lucia.
(d) Njeri.

2. What is described in Chapter 12 as "the only thing that could now give [Boro] fire and boldness" (102)?
(a) Family.
(b) Land.
(c) Justice.
(d) Revenge.

3. The narrator states in Chapter 15 of Mr. Howlands, "For Ngotho had become for him a symbol of" what (120)?
(a) "The savages who walked the earth."
(b) "Evil that now stood in his path."
(c) "Men who made him ashamed."
(d) "Good versus evil."

4. 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 dog.
(d) A cow.

5. Who is Njoroge's brother who died in the war?
(a) Boro.
(b) Isaka.
(c) Mwangi.
(d) Kori.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Karanja's story in Chapter 8, at what time did Dedan Kimathi say he would visit the police station in Nyeri?

2. For how long does Stephen say he has been at his high school in Chapter 14?

3. Where is Karanja from?

4. Boro tells his brother Kori that he was one of how many who escaped in Chapter 8?

5. Who is Lucia's mother?

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