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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Ngũgĩ’s friend who worked with him on the Christmas pageant in Chapter 53?
(a) Kimani.
(b) Kenneth.
(c) Gaitho.
(d) Igogo.

2. How many white volunteers were there at Camp Mutonguini with Ngũgĩ?
(a) 4.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) 25.

3. For what holiday did Ngũgĩ help the Limuru youth put on a performance?
(a) New Year’s
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Easter.

4. What was the subject of the fight between The Bishop and The General?
(a) Why the other volunteer left.
(b) Ngũgĩ.
(c) How to pitch a tent.
(d) Mau Mau Guerilla fighters and the government.

5. Who does Ngũgĩ run into at a tailor shop in Kikuyi?
(a) His mother.
(b) Kenneth Mbgũa.
(c) Igogo.
(d) His sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the ex-chief about whose courage the older and younger prisoners disagree in Chapter 63?

2. After Mr. Rifleman lied on the stand, what words of his mother did Ngũgĩ recall?

3. What did Ngũgĩ discover when he arrived at his home in the beginning of the memoir?

4. What did Jonyo Kenyatta call Kenya?

5. What is the title of the first section, which begins in 1955?

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