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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gatu do in the concentration camps to help out his fellow prisoners?
(a) He sneaks in their loved ones.
(b) He gives them money.
(c) He makes jokes.
(d) He cooks.

2. What made the agricultural officer dream for a Forest Station?
(a) Learning about them in school.
(b) Seeing one in another forest.
(c) He came up with the idea all on his own.
(d) Reading about one in a book.

3. At the end of "Chapter 12," what happens when Gikonyo goes home?
(a) The police are there.
(b) The hut is on fire.
(c) Mumbi has left.
(d) Mumbi apologizes.

4. How long is Gikonyo in the concentration camp in "Chapter 7"?
(a) Six years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Three years.

5. Why does Dr. Henry Van Dyke threaten to kill himself?
(a) If Kenya loses its independence.
(b) If he becomes a Christian.
(c) If Kenyetta goes free.
(d) If the new train station is built.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Kihika's biggest concern was as a teenager?

2. What does Karanja do at the library?

3. Why does the government begin taking men to concentration camps in "Chapter 7"?

4. Why does Gikonyo slap Mumbi in "Chapter 12"?

5. In "Chapter 4", how many women does Karanja say he has loved?

(see the answer key)

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