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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Ngũgĩ plan to tell first about this acceptance to Makerere?
(a) His mother.
(b) Good Wallace.
(c) Charity.
(d) Kenneth.

2. Who did Ngũgĩ’s friend Kimani want to talk about constantly?
(a) Dale Carnegie.
(b) Himself.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Kenneth.

3. What are the names Ngũgĩ gives to the two European teachers in Chapter 47?
(a) The Bishop and the Pawn.
(b) The King and the Queen.
(c) The General and the Villager.
(d) The Bishop and The General.

4. Who does Ngũgĩ say were equal to white teachers at Alliance?
(a) Students.
(b) The principal.
(c) Nobody.
(d) African teachers.

5. In what year does Chapter 18 begin?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1952.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the subject of the fight between The Bishop and The General?

2. Who does Ngũgĩ run into at a tailor shop in Kikuyi?

3. When Ngũgĩ returned from break in August, who did he find out had been detained?

4. What organization was formed soon after Ghana gained its independence?

5. Where was Ngũgĩ’s brother being held after his capture?

(see the answer key)

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