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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 63-75.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Ngũgĩ get to his school?
(a) By bus.
(b) His parents drove him.
(c) Smuggled on a goods train.
(d) Airplane.

2. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother suggest he do after he told of his ordeal being captured?
(a) Stop coming home between breaks.
(b) Quit school.
(c) Join the Mau Mau fighters.
(d) Call the police.

3. What wass the new word Ngũgĩ learned, which referred to the end of the world?
(a) Eschatological.
(b) Ecclesiastical.
(c) Historical.
(d) Apocalyptic.

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

5. Which of Ngũgĩ’s family members worked at European owned tea estates?
(a) His brothers.
(b) His mother and Charity.
(c) Njoki and Charity.
(d) His mother and Njoki.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the fight between The Bishop and The General, Ngũgĩ had a vision of a man of God holding what?

2. What did Ngũgĩ say he learned the power of during his volunteer time at Mutonguini?

3. What camp did Ngũgĩ work at during what he calls multiracial volunteer work in Chapter 46?

4. Which author inspired Ngũgĩ to write about his childhood?

5. Which sport does Ngũgĩ say was his favorite as both spectator and participant?

(see the answer key)

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