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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group did Lieutenant Koina used to belong to?
(a) United men.
(b) Freedom fighters.
(c) British generals.
(d) Rebel reasons.

2. How did the agricultural officer die?
(a) He died of old age.
(b) He was ill.
(c) He was killed by a train.
(d) He was murdered.

3. What work did Van Dyke do?
(a) Gemology.
(b) Meteorology.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Taxonomy.

4. Why does Mrs. Thompson kiss her husband on the ear in "Chapter 5"?
(a) To make him laugh at her.
(b) To try to feel connected to him.
(c) To see if he would kiss her back.
(d) To apologize to him.

5. In "Chapter 2," what does the narrator say white men spread around Kenya?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Money.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the rebel Waiyaki call iron snakes?

2. How many visitors come to Mugo's house in "Chapter 1"?

3. Who does Mrs. Thompson believe will take her husband's job at the library?

4. Who is kept in Mahee in "Chapter 2"?

5. What does Mrs. Thompson do when Karanja arrives with the message in "Chapter 4"?

(see the answer key)

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