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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 Karanja do at the library?
(a) Washes the windows.
(b) Purchases new books.
(c) Stencils titles on the books.
(d) Makes sure people pay their fines.

2. How does Gikonyo try to hold onto his marriage while in the concentration camp?
(a) He writes Mumbi letters.
(b) He tells the other prisoners about Mumbi.
(c) He plans a stool he will make for Mumbi.
(d) He draws pictures of Mumbi.

3. Why does Gikonyo slap Mumbi in "Chapter 12"?
(a) For calling him a coward.
(b) For refusing to cook for him.
(c) For threatening to leave the hut.
(d) For admitting to a second affair.

4. In "Chapter 12," what reason does Mugo give for not giving a speech?
(a) He has nothing to say.
(b) He doesn't feel well.
(c) He lost his voice.
(d) He disagrees with the Movement.

5. In "Chapter 12," what does Warui tell Mugo the old woman saw?
(a) Thompson leaving.
(b) A flashing light.
(c) Her dead son.
(d) Incoming troops.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter 4," how does Karanja feel about taking a message to Mrs. Thompson?

2. What does Gatu do in the concentration camps to help out his fellow prisoners?

3. Why does Warui go with Gikonyo to see Mugo in "Chapter 12"?

4. What makes Gikonyo confess to taking the oath while in the concentration camp?

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

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