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

2. What does the narrator say the Indians called Gandhi in Chapter 1?
(a) Narok.
(b) Bomet.
(c) Babu.
(d) Nandi.

3. Who is Lucia's mother?
(a) Mwihaki.
(b) Memsahib.
(c) Nganga.
(d) Juliana.

4. What term from the novel refers to a man's habitation, such as the one belonging to Njoroge's father?
(a) Thingira.
(b) Kipanga.
(c) Kihii.
(d) Nganga.

5. On what day of the week does Chapter 18 begin?
(a) Monday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Saturday.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Njoroge associate the Gikuyu people in Chapter 5?

2. What is the answer when the teachers asks of the sound "U-u-u-u-u-u" "What animal says this?" (34)?

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

4. What word in Chapter 5 refers to an uncircumcised man?

5. The narrator notes in Chapter 13, "Somehow the Gikuyu people always saw their deliverance as embodied in" what (104)?

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