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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What university’s opening lead to secondary schools becoming more focused on college prep?
(a) Kenya University.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Makere.

2. Which one of Ngũgĩ ‘s family members was arrested just before Christmas?
(a) Ngũgĩ‘s mother.
(b) Charity.
(c) Ngũgĩ.
(d) Njoki.

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

4. What was the name of the English teacher who took Ngũgĩ’s class on a tour of a real Englishmen’s house?
(a) Moses Gathere.
(b) Principal Smith.
(c) Edward Carey Francis.
(d) P.R. Oades.

5. What does Ngũgĩ do when he finds his family in Chapter 1?
(a) He urges them to flee..
(b) He makes them dinner.
(c) He takes off his uniform and helps them build their new home.
(d) He brags about his school

Short Answer Questions

1. Ngũgĩ was disappointed in much of the literature he read in school because it used which continent as a reference point?

2. For what holiday did Ngũgĩ help the Limuru youth put on a performance?

3. Who was the first to challenge Ngũgĩ when he became dorm prefect in Chapter 48?

4. With whom does Ngũgĩ share the top of the class after exams?

5. What phrase used to describe Ngũgĩ on his Leaving School Certificate surprise him?

(see the answer key)

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