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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 46- 56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where did Ngũgĩ hear of his brothers capture in Chapter 26?
(a) Nairobi.
(b) Banana Hills.
(c) Limuru.
(d) Makerere.

2. When the Russians launched Sputnik II, what animal was on it that caused outrage?
(a) A cat.
(b) A dog.
(c) A giraffe.
(d) A bird.

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

4. Where was Ngũgĩ’s brother being held after his capture?
(a) Alliance.
(b) Githunguri.
(c) Banana Hills.
(d) Loreto.

5. Whose resignation from his Conservative prime ministership was the subject of a school assembly in November?
(a) Joseph Kariuki.
(b) Jonyo Kenyatta.
(c) Allan Ogot.
(d) Winston Churchill.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 49, what group did Ngũgĩ say he joined because of his interest in different communities?

2. From whom did Ngũgĩ receive a long letter regarding whether one needed a license to write?

3. Who was Ngũgĩ’s friend who worked with him on the Christmas pageant in Chapter 53?

4. The old woman responded to Ngũgĩ by saying, “We are all children of” whom on page 158?

5. What book did Ngũgĩ read that depicted an image of an African woman as evil?

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