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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. Where does Jacobo say he found the threatening note he shows Mr. Howlands in Chapter 12?
(a) On the church door.
(b) At Mr. Howlands' door.
(c) On his doorstep.
(d) On the school doors.

2. What does the letter at the school threaten if the school is not instantly shut down?
(a) Beheading.
(b) Shooting.
(c) Stabbings.
(d) Bombing.

3. Who is the village carpenter?
(a) Mr. Howlands.
(b) Nganga.
(c) Boro.
(d) Ngotho.

4. For how long does Stephen say he has been at his high school in Chapter 14?
(a) One year.
(b) Four years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Two years.

5. When did Jomo Kenyatta serve as Kenya's Prime Minister?
(a) 1942-1959.
(b) 1963-1964.
(c) 1965-1972.
(d) 1960-1962.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests to Njoroge that he stay in school despite the letter in Chapter 10?

2. What does Mwihaki like to do with flowers, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?

3. What language do the Kikuyu people speak?

4. When did Jomo Kenyatta die?

5. Who arranged the meeting in the market place that Njoroge recalls in the "Interlude"?

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