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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. Which of Boro's friends comes to push for and discuss the strike at Njoroge's home in Chapter 6?
(a) Kihii.
(b) Kiarie.
(c) Nganga.
(d) Memsahib.

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

3. What word in the narrative refers to a truck?
(a) Kiarie.
(b) Nyumba.
(c) Kihii.
(d) Lorry.

4. What does Ngotho do when Jacobo takes the stage at the strike meeting in Chapter 7?
(a) He runs from the room.
(b) He rushes to attack Jacobo.
(c) He calls the police.
(d) He stands and begins applauding.

5. Whom does Boro declare must be killed in Chapter 12?
(a) Mwangi.
(b) Kiarie.
(c) Ngotho.
(d) Jacobo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the verb in the sentence used by the teacher to demonstrate person in Chapter 5?

2. Where is Mr. Howlands from?

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

4. The High School for Europeans is located a few miles from where, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?

5. Who does Kamau say Boro called Jomo in Chapter 5?

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