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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 roof of the office in which Mr. Howlands sits described in Chapter 10?
(a) Gray tile.
(b) Red tile.
(c) Blue tile.
(d) Red brick.

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

3. How many threatening notes does Jacobo tell Mr. Howlands he had received before the one he shows him in Chapter 12?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. What is the area in central Kenya called where Njoroge lives in Chapter 1?
(a) Nyanza.
(b) Baringo.
(c) Kikuyuland.
(d) Uasin Gishu.

5. What did Ngotho pay for his son to become an apprentice to the village carpenter?
(a) A goat and 150 shillings.
(b) His first-born daughter's hand in marriage.
(c) A cow and 100 shillings.
(d) A chicken and 50 shillings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term in Chapter 9 means "goodbye"?

2. What aspect of Boro's character makes him a good leader for the Freedom Fighters, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?

3. In what term at school is Njoroge when Chapter 15 begins?

4. As they part ways in Chapter 13, Njoroge feels ashamed of having thought Mwihaki to be what?

5. Who is Ngotho's second wife?

(see the answer key)

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