2. What language do the Kikuyu people speak?
(a) The Azania Kikuyu language.
(b) The Abyei Kikuyu language.
(c) The Bantu Kikuyu language.
(d) The Anyanya Bantu language.

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

4. Boro tells his brother Kori that he was one of how many who escaped in Chapter 8?
(a) Three.
(b) Nine.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

5. What word in Chapter 6 refers to the Government?
(a) Kihii.
(b) Kiarie.
(c) Thingira.
(d) Serikali.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term in Chapter 9 means "goodbye"?

2. Who shouts in the end of Chapter 9, "Never! Never! Black people must rise up and fight" (75)?

3. Who is the male teacher that Njoroge recalls teaching his first lesson in school?

4. What does the term "Ihii cia mutitu" mean (68)?

5. Who is Suzannah's first child?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did his service in the war change Boro?

2. Who is Mwihaki and how did Njoroge come to know her?

3. How does Njoroge describe Stephen Howlands in Part 1: "The Waning Light," Chapter 4?

4. What event is described as happening in Murang'a in the "Interlude"? Why is it significant?

5. Where is the setting established in Part 1: "The Waning Light," Chapter 1? During what time period is the story set?

6. Who is Kiarie and what information does he relate in Part 1: "The Waning Light," Chapter 6?

7. What is K.A.U. and how is it described in the narrative?

8. How is Ngotho described in the beginning of the novel?

9. What are Njoroge's reasons for avoiding Mwihaki in the beginning of Part 1: "The Waning Light"?

10. What is the twist ending of Karanja's story about Dedan Kimathi in Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapter 8?

(see the answer keys)

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