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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31 - 45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Edward Carey Francis read that Ngũgĩ uses to describe his “magic as a reader” (46)?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Three Men in a Boat.
(c) Pilgrim’s Progress.
(d) Three Dogs in a Boat.

2. From whom do Kenneth’s Wanjai and Leonard Mbũgua promise to protect Ngũgĩ during his first year at Alliance?
(a) Girls.
(b) The principal.
(c) Mean teachers.
(d) Bullies.

3. From whom did Ngũgĩ receive a long letter regarding whether one needed a license to write?
(a) His mother.
(b) Kenneth Wanjai.
(c) Kenneth Mbgũa.
(d) His brother.

4. In what year was the Declaration of the state of Emergency in Kenya?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1952.

5. What school did Ngũgĩ and his friends get a tour of and have tea in Chapter 23?
(a) Limuru Girls’ School.
(b) Loreto Girls’ School.
(c) Kamarithu School for Girls.
(d) Alliance Girls’ School.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the evangelical speaker who so moved Ngũgĩ to accept Jesus?

2. Who did Ngũgĩ invite to Nairobi Saturday second semester?

3. What book does math teacher Peter Abrahams hold which intrigues Ngũgĩ?

4. What is the name of the dorm prefect who wakes the students up with a quote?

5. What is the name of the man who tells Ngũgĩ where to find his family in Chapter 1?

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