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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 said to have been arrested in the "Interlude"?
(a) Dedan.
(b) Jomo.
(c) Mucatha.
(d) Kipanga.

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

3. What Kenyan dish is Nyokabi making when Njoroge and his father talk about the approaching of school beginning in Chapter 4?
(a) Irio.
(b) Ugali.
(c) Githeri.
(d) Pilaf.

4. What is the rain perceived as by the people as they await Jomo's judgment in Chapter 9?
(a) A good omen.
(b) A bad omen.
(c) A sign of peace.
(d) A sign of war.

5. Boro tells his brother Kori that he was one of how many who escaped in Chapter 8?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mwihaki tells Njoroge in Chapter 13, "When people go away, they tend to" do what (105)?

2. The narrator states in Chapter 9, "To [Ngotho] Jomo stood for custom and tradition purified by grace of learning and" what (74)?

3. Who is Njoroge's brother who died in the war?

4. Where did the teacher Isaka go the year before Njoroge finished the first school?

5. Before Njoroge started school, he was lent to his distant uncle to help him in doing what?

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