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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose refusal to drive Ngũgĩ and his friends back to school resulted in the boys being late?
(a) Good Wallace.
(b) Wanjai’s brother.
(c) Wanjai’s father.
(d) Ngũgĩ’s mother.

2. In Chapter 45, Ngũgĩ says that schools in Kenya were separate and what?
(a) Similar.
(b) Equal.
(c) Far apart.
(d) Unequal.

3. Who did Ngũgĩ invite back home with him on Nairobi Saturday in Chapter 49?
(a) Nicodemus Asinjo and Justin Omange.
(b) Justin Orange and Nicholas Assam.
(c) Joshua Omange and Nicodemus Asinjo.
(d) Josh Smith and Nicodemus Assam.

4. When Ngũgĩ and his friends met an old lady on their return home, what did Ngũgĩ tell her about his friends?
(a) They were Luo.
(b) They were Mtai.
(c) They were students.
(d) They were from Alliance.

5. What book did the landscape from the scouting event in Chapter 35 inspire?
(a) The Chanua River.
(b) The Chanua and Me.
(c) In the River Between.
(d) Between Two Rivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ngũgĩ use as a model for the new debate format at his school?

2. From which country did Ghana gain its independence in 1957?

3. The only time Ngũgĩ says he saw Edward Carey Francis “break” was when he did what in front of his friend, the Bishop?

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

5. In regards to the play, what did Ngũgĩ say the “political theater onstage was mimicking” (96)?

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