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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 61, after being released, the officer summons Ngũgĩ back stating that he did what?
(a) Resisted arrest and assaulted a police officer.
(b) Left his wallet behind.
(c) Lied.
(d) Cheated on his exams.

2. What did the prisoners find out about Ngũgĩ in Chapter 60?
(a) He attended Alliance.
(b) He is from Limuru.
(c) His brother is a Mau Mau.
(d) He plays chess.

3. What was the 1958 Shakespeare performance at Alliance in Chapter 54?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Midsummer’s Night Dream.
(d) Henry VI.

4. What part of his dream does Ngũgĩ relate to the performance at Kahũgĩnĩ school?
(a) The cruel overseer.
(b) The plantation.
(c) The spirituals.
(d) The bloody arm.

5. Who came with Good Wallace to visit Ngũgĩ in prison in Chapter 59?
(a) Joseph Kabae.
(b) His mother.
(c) Charity.
(d) Njoki.

6. The old woman responded to Ngũgĩ by saying, “We are all children of” whom on page 158?
(a) Africa.
(b) Earth.
(c) Kenya.
(d) God.

7. The letter John gave to Ngũgĩ suggested to him that he may have finally succeeded in doing what?
(a) Being accepted to university.
(b) Passing exams.
(c) Converting someone.
(d) Committing a sin.

8. What did Ngũgĩ determine to read when he first saw the school library?
(a) Comic Books.
(b) All the books.
(c) None of the books.
(d) Newspapers.

9. When Ngũgĩ‘s brother held his hand in Chapter 74, Ngũgĩ said it was clear that he was his what?
(a) Best Friend.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Hero.
(d) Favorite sibling.

10. What was the first book Ngũgĩ read that he says spoke to his Black experience?
(a) Up from Slavery.
(b) Cry, the Beloved Country.
(c) King Solomon’s Mines.
(d) Sherlock Holmes stories.

11. What did Ngũgĩ say he learned the power of during his volunteer time at Mutonguini?
(a) The sun.
(b) Service.
(c) The trumpet.
(d) The drum.

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

13. What surprised Ngũgĩ about what his fellow prisoners did in court in Chapter 70?
(a) They yelled at the officers.
(b) They didn’t show up.
(c) They plead innocent.
(d) They plead guilty.

14. What was Ngũgĩ having doubts about when he began reading Albert Schweitzer?
(a) His own writing.
(b) Evangelical Christianity.
(c) Attending Alliance.
(d) Going to College.

15. In Chapter 62, Ngũgĩ was disturbed by the “partnership in crime between criminals and” whom (206)?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Crime busters.
(c) Teachers.
(d) His family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Good Wallace and Kabae bring Ngũgĩ to eat while in prison?

2. When the other prisoners from Thĩmbĩgwa told the others Ngũgĩ was from Alliance, they said that colonial police did not want to see Black people what?

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

4. What author who speaks about religion did Gaitho introduce Ngũgĩ to?

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

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