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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 57- 62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the newspaper students read aloud each week in the Alliance Dining Hall?
(a) Kenya Weekly.
(b) The Saturday Evening Paper.
(c) The Saturday Evening Post.
(d) The Weekly Update.

2. Who did Ngũgĩ invite to Nairobi Saturday second semester?
(a) Leonard Mbugua.
(b) Johana Mwalwala.
(c) Edward Carey Francis.
(d) Joseph Kariuki.

3. From what school was Johnny the Red a graduate?
(a) Duke of York.
(b) Prince of Wales.
(c) Alliance.
(d) Cambridge.

4. What first for Ngũgĩ is foreshadowed at the end of Chapter 22?
(a) Ngũgĩ’s first starring role.
(b) Ngũgĩ’s first bad grade.
(c) Ngũgĩ’s first date.
(d) Ngũgĩ’s first summons to the principal’s office.

5. What word does Ngũgĩ use to describe the force that would try to tell him to slow down during a race?
(a) Devils.
(b) Turtles.
(c) Villains.
(d) Demons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Earlier on the day he was stopped on the bus to Limuru, what did Ngũgĩ purchase with his salary?

2. In what year does Chapter 18 begin?

3. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother make for his friends when they visited in Chapter 23?

4. In Chapter 61, after being released, the officer summons Ngũgĩ back stating that he did what?

5. Which sport does Ngũgĩ say was his favorite as both spectator and participant?

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