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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What purchase restores Ngũgĩ’s pride in Kikuyi?
(a) A book.
(b) Lunch.
(c) New clothes.
(d) Candy.

2. How did Ngũgĩ get to his school?
(a) His parents drove him.
(b) Smuggled on a goods train.
(c) By bus.
(d) Airplane.

3. Who was the first President of Kenya?
(a) Joseph Kenyatta.
(b) Jonyo Kenyatta.
(c) Joseph Kariuki.
(d) Jonyo Mau Mau.

4. What book does math teacher Peter Abrahams hold which intrigues Ngũgĩ?
(a) Freedom Fighters.
(b) Tell Freedom.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Go Tell it on the Mountain.

5. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother make for his friends when they visited in Chapter 23?
(a) Pear Jam.
(b) Roasted potatoes.
(c) Roasted yams.
(d) Mashed potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What first for Ngũgĩ is foreshadowed at the end of Chapter 22?

2. Whose resignation from his Conservative prime ministership was the subject of a school assembly in November?

3. From where did Ngũgĩ return home in April 1955?

4. What town do many Alliance students go to shop on Saturdays?

5. What is the name of Ngũgĩ’s new home village?

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