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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the letter on the school purportedly from in Chapter 10?
(a) Boro.
(b) Kiarie.
(c) Jomo.
(d) Kimathi.

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

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

4. What has Jacobo chosen to do after the incident at the strike meeting in Chapter 7?
(a) To kick Ngotho off his land.
(b) To have Ngotho murdered.
(c) To have Ngotho sent to a detainment center.
(d) To have Ngotho's family exiled from the village.

5. What is the local town that is described in Chapter 1?
(a) Mombasa.
(b) Eldoret.
(c) Kipanga.
(d) Kisumu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described in Chapter 12 as "the only thing that could now give [Boro] fire and boldness" (102)?

2. How is Ngotho injured at the strike meeting in Chapter 7?

3. What is the name of the village were Njoroge lives in Chapter 1?

4. What does the narrator say the Indians called Gandhi in Chapter 1?

5. With what does Njoroge intend to kill himself in Chapter 18?

(see the answer key)

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