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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 post are Ngũgĩ and the other captives taken to first in Chapter 60?
(a) Thĩmbĩgwa.
(b) Gauthiere.
(c) Kamarithu.
(d) Kiambu.
2. Government officials screened students at Alliance to ensure no student had pledged allegiance to whom?
(a) Mau Mau Guerillas.
(b) Edward Carey Francis.
(c) British Colonists.
(d) The Flag.
3. When the other prisoners from Thĩmbĩgwa told the others Ngũgĩ was from Alliance, they said that colonial police did not want to see Black people what?
(a) Educated.
(b) Imprisoned.
(c) Sad.
(d) Wealthy.
4. What did Ngũgĩ say “had come to symbolize continuity despite the many changes in my life” (117)?
(a) His bed.
(b) His mother’s roasted potatoes.
(c) His sister’s tea.
(d) His father’s presence.
5. What does Ngũgĩ say he learned the power of from playing Chess?
(a) King.
(b) Knights.
(c) Bishops.
(d) The pawn.
Short Answer Questions
1. With what white student was Ngũgĩ’s first social exchange?
2. When the Russians launched Sputnik II, what animal was on it that caused outrage?
3. From which country did Ghana gain its independence in 1957?
4. Who was Ngũgĩ pleasantly surprised to find was the new chief when he went to the military post for his screening?
5. Who was the first President of Kenya?
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