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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Chapter 1", why does Mugo feel a connection with Gitoko's mother?
(a) Because she seems to recognize him.
(b) Because she looks like his mother.
(c) Because he lost a brother in the war.
(d) Because she cooks for him.

2. Why was Gitoko killed in the war?
(a) Because he couldn't hear.
(b) Because he stepped on a land mine.
(c) Because he was a poor soldier.
(d) Because he was asleep during an attack.

3. How did Koina react when Kihiki died?
(a) He ran away.
(b) He cried.
(c) He didn't care.
(d) He laughed.

4. When do the Kenyans say the Movement started?
(a) 1923.
(b) No one knows for sure.
(c) After World War I.
(d) The 1700s.

5. In "Chapter 4," how does Karanja feel about taking a message to Mrs. Thompson?
(a) Like it is an honor.
(b) Like it is beneath him.
(c) Like she'll harass him.
(d) Like it's a good break from work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made the agricultural officer dream for a Forest Station?

2. When did Warui join the Movement?

3. In "Chapter 2" with independence growing, how far has the Movement spread?

4. In "Chapter 2," what does the narrator say white men spread around Kenya?

5. Why does Dr. Henry Van Dyke threaten to kill himself?

(see the answer key)

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