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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Boro's voice described when saying to Mr. Howlands in Chapter 16, "Have you anything to say in your defence" (128)?
(a) Sympathetic.
(b) Enraged.
(c) Flat.
(d) Triumphant.

2. Where is Mwihaki assigned to go to school after not scoring very well on her Secondary School testing?
(a) An arts and performance school.
(b) A culinary school.
(c) A teacher training school.
(d) A secretarial school.

3. Who is killed by the white military men during the journey to the Christian gathering in Chapter 12?
(a) Memsahib.
(b) Mwangi.
(c) Kiarie.
(d) Isaka.

4. The narrator notes in Chapter 13, "Somehow the Gikuyu people always saw their deliverance as embodied in" what (104)?
(a) "Jesus."
(b) "Fighting."
(c) "Education."
(d) "Submission."

5. In her letter to Njoroge in Chapter 14, Mwihaki tells him that in their home village, there is not so much a fear of death as a fear of what (112)?
(a) Genocide.
(b) Living.
(c) Torture.
(d) Battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Howlands consider black men and the Mau Mau to be in Chapter 10?

2. What aspect of Boro's character makes him a good leader for the Freedom Fighters, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?

3. Whom will Njoroge be taught by at Siriana Secondary School for the first time?

4. Who is the carpenter who has been found killed in Chapter 11?

5. What is described in Chapter 12 as "the only thing that could now give [Boro] fire and boldness" (102)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Njoroge's daily morning routine described in Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapter 15?

2. Why does Ngotho express hope in Njoroge in Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapter 13?

3. What is revealed to have happened on the night that Ngotho died in Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapter 17?

4. What does Njoroge attempt to do in Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapter 18? What stops him?

5. Where does Njoroge meet Stephen in Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapter 14? How is Stephen described?

6. How does Mwihaki describe her home life in her letter in Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapter 14?

7. Why are Ngotho's wife and son taken away in Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapter 10? How does he respond to the situation?

8. What is revealed in the message that Jacobo presents to Mr. Howlands in Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapter 12? How does Mr. Howlands respond?

9. What has Ngotho done that brings conflict and pain to his family in Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapter 15? Why has he committed this act?

10. Why does Ngotho believe Njoroge has come home in Part 2: "Darkness Falls," Chapter 16? Is this true?

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