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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. What is Njoroge's first class of the day in Chapter 15?
(a) Science.
(b) History.
(c) English.
(d) Mathematics.

2. Who is Ngotho's first wife?
(a) Nyokabi.
(b) Juliana.
(c) Lucia.
(d) Njeri.

3. What currency is being used at the dress shop in Chapter 16?
(a) Shillings.
(b) Dinar.
(c) Yen.
(d) Dollars.

4. Who says of Jomo in Chapter 9, "It knew he would lose. I always said that all white men are the same. His lawyers must have been bribed" (74)?
(a) Kihii.
(b) Kori.
(c) Nyokabi.
(d) Isaka.

5. Who walks with Njoroge to the Christian gathering in Chapter 12?
(a) Kiarie.
(b) Kori.
(c) Mucatha.
(d) Thingira.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lucia's mother?

2. Of the women at the market, the narrator states that Njoroge "did not want to look at them in the face because he thought they would see the dreams of his boyhood and" do what (126)?

3. The bush around what kind of trees is said to be a holy place in Chapter 2?

4. How does Njoroge end up in Mwihaki's class in Chapter 4?

5. With whom has Mwihaki gone to stay during this vacation from school in Chapter 12?

(see the answer key)

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