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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 did Ngũgĩ think might help quiet his spiritual doubts?
(a) Praying more.
(b) Seeing God.
(c) Converting one person.
(d) Hearing God.

2. What metaphor does Ngũgĩ use to describe the racial conflict in Kenya?
(a) White colonists v. Black villager.
(b) White monolith v. Black monolith.
(c) White lion v. Black panther.
(d) White Snow v. Black Ice.

3. Who replaced Anthony Eden as British Prime Minister?
(a) Harold MacMillan.
(b) Winston Churchill.
(c) Winston MacMillan.
(d) Harold Churchill.

4. With whom did Ngũgĩ travel by train to Limuru?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) Kenneth Wanjai.
(d) His brother.

5. What Shakespearean play did they perform in Chapter 40 which Ngũgĩ says showed him the magic of theater?
(a) Henry IV.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) A Midsummer’s Night Dream.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Ngũgĩ say he found refuge at the start of Chapter 43?

3. Why were government officials taking fingerprints at Alliance in Chapter 18?

4. In Chapter 35, Ngũgĩ describes a memorable scouting experience in which people of all races joined together to celebrate the life of whom?

5. Who does Ngũgĩ say were equal to white teachers at Alliance?

(see the answer key)

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