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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. From what school was Johnny the Red a graduate?
(a) Alliance.
(b) Duke of York.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Prince of Wales.

2. 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 bloody arm.
(b) A briefcase full of money.
(c) A gun.
(d) A skull.

3. In Chapter 63, who did the old man say the ex-chief had to “disappear” after he found the secret armory?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His brother.
(c) His son.
(d) His wife.

4. Which author inspired Ngũgĩ to write about his childhood?
(a) Holmes.
(b) Bronte.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Washington.

5. What prison were the prisoners transferred to after Thĩmbĩgwa?
(a) King Africa’s Remand Prison.
(b) Kiambu Remand Prison.
(c) Hola Camp.
(d) Limuru Community Prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ngũgĩ say are still crouched, waiting for their time to pounce at the end of Chapter 56?

2. The old woman responded to Ngũgĩ by saying, “We are all children of” whom on page 158?

3. Earlier on the day he was stopped on the bus to Limuru, what did Ngũgĩ purchase with his salary?

4. Who did Ngũgĩ invite back home with him on Nairobi Saturday in Chapter 49?

5. How many white volunteers were there at Camp Mutonguini with Ngũgĩ?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Ngũgĩ describe the manner in which the inmates describe their crimes?

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

4. What did Ngũgĩ find in common with Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights?

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

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

7. Describe Ngũgĩ’s first visit to the school library.

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

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

10. When Good Wallace and Kabae visited him at Thĩmbĩgwa, what did Ngũgĩ remember of his last meeting with Good Wallace?

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