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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 big son of Jacobo?
(a) Isaka.
(b) Njeri.
(c) Ngotho.
(d) John.

2. The bush around what kind of trees is said to be a holy place in Chapter 2?
(a) Fig trees.
(b) Banana trees.
(c) Oak trees.
(d) Sycamore trees.

3. For how long has Njoroge worked for the Indian at the market in Chapter 16?
(a) Less than a month.
(b) About two months.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Over three months.

4. Before Njoroge started school, he was lent to his distant uncle to help him in doing what?
(a) Maintaining his shop.
(b) Picking strawberries.
(c) Picking pyrithrem.
(d) Looking after cattle.

5. Whom does Boro express delay in killing in Chapter 12?
(a) Kiarie.
(b) Ngotho.
(c) Mr. Howlands.
(d) Isaka.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people, including the barber, were taken from their houses three nights ago and killed, according to Kamau in Chapter 11?

2. What color jerseys do the homeguards of Jacobo wear in Chapter 11?

3. Of Mr. Howlands, the narrator says in Chapter 10, "To submit to his wife was to listen to the voice of" what (77)?

4. How long has it been since the death of Ngotho and Mr. Howlands in Chapter 16?

5. Who are Njeri's three sons?

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