Petals of Blood Quizzes

Petals of Blood Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed October 25, 2021

1 The novel was written in the

1990s

1970s

1980s

1950s
2 Which of the following was characters not killed?

Mzigo

Kimeria

Nderi wa Riera

Chui
3 Nyakinyua is

very respected

seen to be a little crazy

a Christian convert

a wealthy peasant
4 Abdulla's injury is a

missing arm

missing hand

missing leg

missing eye
5 Joseph is

Abdulla's nephew

Abdulla's adopted boy

Abdulla's birth son

Abdulla's brother
6 Abdulla's pet is a

horse

cow

donkey

dog
7 Munira's father is all the following except

a Mau Mau

wealthy

a Christian

very strict
8 How did Mukami die?

Murder

Illness

Accident

Suicide
9 Munira is

a respected farmer

a dreamer

a revolutionary

somewhat of an outsider
10 Who is the local spiritual guide?

Ezekieli

Mwathi wa Mugo

Wambui

Nyakinyua
11 Wanja is all of the following except

pious

sorrowfull

tempestuous

vivacious
12 Why did Munira leave Siriana?

It was too British

He could no longer pay

It was too African

He was expelled
13 Cambridge Fraudsham was

an education officer

a local politician

a headmaster of Siriana

a businessman
14 The main environmental issue for Ilmorog is

high winds

heavy snow

too much rain

no rain
15 What is Wanja's first job in Ilmorog?

A farm laborer

A prostitute

A teacher

A barmaid for Abdulla
16 Whom does Wanja sleep with first?

Njuguna

Abdulla

Munira

Karega
17 Why did Wanja leave school?

She could not afford it

She hated it

She got pregnant

She was expelled
18 Who was Wanja's lover who impregnated her?

Ndinguri

Chui

Mzigo

Kimeria
19 Inspector Godfrey is

sympathetic to the Mau Mau

young and naive

irrational and loud

very neutral and bureaucratic
20 Karega's past intersects with

Mariamu

Ndinguri

Mukami

all of these
21 Karega left Siriana because

he could not afford it

he fell ill

he was expelled

he wanted to work
22 After Fraudsham, who became the headmaster at Siriana?

Kimeria

Ezekieli

Mzigo

Chui
23 Wanja's greatest dream was for

material comfort

a home of her own

a child

a loving man
24 Ndinguri was all the following except

in the Mau Mau

hanged

Wanja's lover

Karega's brother
25 Munira did not like to talk about

politics

women

religion

education

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