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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. What did Ngũgĩ’s first challenger as dorm prefect do in the dorm, which was against the rules?
(a) He broke the door.
(b) He partied all night.
(c) He drank.
(d) He smoked.

2. What experience from Alliance helped Ngũgĩ during his trial in Chapter 74?
(a) Praying.
(b) Debating.
(c) Being Bullied.
(d) Acting.

3. On the stand, Ngũgĩ says he feels the power of what?
(a) The officers.
(b) Imperialism.
(c) God.
(d) Telling the truth.

4. In the story the old man told of his time as a freedom fighter, what was he carrying on the bus when it was stopped by police?
(a) A gun.
(b) A skull.
(c) A briefcase full of money.
(d) A bloody arm.

5. What was the name of the ex-chief about whose courage the older and younger prisoners disagree in Chapter 63?
(a) Mbugua.
(b) Wallace.
(c) Kenyatta.
(d) Mbiyũ.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what school was Johnny the Red a graduate?

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

3. What detective writer did Ngũgĩ begin to read and attempt to emulate in Chapter 50?

4. 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?

5. In Chapter 62, Ngũgĩ was disturbed by the “partnership in crime between criminals and” whom (206)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ngũgĩ and Johnny the Red have in common?

2. What did Ngũgĩ say in reference to his court appearance that foreshadows what happened after the memoir ends?

3. In 1957, Ngũgĩ became dorm prefect. Describe the first time he was challenged by a fellow student.

4. What does Ngũgĩ mean when he says that Alliance did not divide Africans across racial lines?

5. What was the letter that John gave to Ngũgĩ, and what did it mean to him?

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

7. What is the “partnership in crime between criminals and crime busters” Ngũgĩ refers to on page 206?

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

9. To keep their minds off of the things, what did the prisoners do that made the day go by faster according to Ngũgĩ?

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

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