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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

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. What paper does Ngũgĩ opt to take for the sole purpose of his ego in Chapter 55?
(a) Additional math.
(b) Shakespeare analysis.
(c) African History.
(d) Self-reflection.

3. What does Ngũgĩ say are still crouched, waiting for their time to pounce at the end of Chapter 56?
(a) The hounds.
(b) The Guerillas.
(c) The colonists.
(d) The officers.

4. Which book, by Booker T. Washington, did Ngũgĩ read that exposed to him connections between Kenya and the Nineteenth Century American South?
(a) Up From Slavery.
(b) How to Win Friends and Influence People.
(c) Slave Stories.
(d) Wuthering Heights.

5. For whom did they build a community center when at Camp Mutonguini?
(a) The King.
(b) The Mau Mau.
(c) The Mtai.
(d) The Akamba.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ngũgĩ and his friends met an old lady on their return home, what did Ngũgĩ tell her about his friends?

2. What names did Ngũgĩ gives to the officers who stopped them on the bus in Chapter 57?

3. What did Ngũgĩ’s first challenger as dorm prefect do in the dorm, which was against the rules?

4. Where was Ngũgĩ headed to when his bus was stopped by police in Chapter 57?

5. Which Emily Bronte book introduced Ngũgĩ to a different way of storytelling?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the judge say Ngũgĩ was accused of, much to his surprise?

2. How did Ngũgĩ’s conversation with Lady Teacher help him with his own spiritual doubts?

3. Describe Ngũgĩ’s final meeting with Edward Carey Francis to receive his Leaving School Certificate.

4. When Good Wallace visited Ngũgĩ on Sunday, alone this time, what did he tell him that made him feel hopeful? was it true?

5. Who did Ngũgĩ, Joshua, and Nicodemus encounter when they were walking back from Limuru and what did she say?

6. How does Ngũgĩ describe Thĩmbĩgwa post?

7. Describe the fight between The Bishop and The General.

8. On the stand, Ngũgĩ says something from his Alliance days helped him. What is it?

9. What good news was Ngũgĩ bringing home to Limuru when he was stopped on the bus?

10. What do Andrew Brockett and Ngũgĩ agree would reduce racial tensions?

(see the answer keys)

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