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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. What does Mr. Howlands consider black men and the Mau Mau to be in Chapter 10?
(a) Supreme threats.
(b) Warriors.
(c) Savages.
(d) Easy advocaries.

2. What does the line from this hymn from Chapter 12 translate to in English (as expressed in the next verse)? "Nitugu-u-kugoca Je-e-Jesu" (99)?
(a) "I praise, thee Father Jesus."
(b) "Jesus Thy blood cleans away my sins."
(c) "We praise you Jesus."
(d) "Jesus the Lamb of God."

3. Who leads Njoroge to school on his first day in Chapter 2?
(a) Lucia.
(b) Memsahib.
(c) Mwihaki.
(d) Isaka.

4. Exactly how much later does the narrator describe the "Interlude" taking place?
(a) Two and a half years later.
(b) Four and a half years later.
(c) Three and a half years later.
(d) One and a half years later.

5. What do Njoroge and Kamau go to the forest to search for in Chapter 4?
(a) Elephants.
(b) Lions.
(c) Antelopes.
(d) Tigers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of God's tree in the creation story related by Ngotho in Chapter 2?

2. Who is Suzannah's first child?

3. Where has the chief been killed in the "Interlude"?

4. Who are Njeri's three sons?

5. How is the weather described on a January morning in Chapter 12?

(see the answer key)

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