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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. Which communities does Ngũgĩ say the passports were meant to tighten government control of in Chapter 22?
(a) Gĩkuyũ, Mau Mau, and Meru.
(b) Gĩkuyũ, Embu, and Limuru.
(c) Embu, Meru, Limuru.
(d) Gĩkuyũ, Embu, and Meru.

2. Who was Ngũgĩ pleasantly surprised to find was the new chief when he went to the military post for his screening?
(a) His brother.
(b) Kenneth Mbugua.
(c) His father.
(d) Fred Mbugua.

3. Ngũgĩ was disappointed in much of the literature he read in school because it used which continent as a reference point?
(a) Asia.
(b) Africa.
(c) Europe.
(d) North America.

4. With what white student was Ngũgĩ’s first social exchange?
(a) Govinda.
(b) Andrew Carson.
(c) Andrew Brockett.
(d) John Brockett.

5. What did Ngũgĩ say “had come to symbolize continuity despite the many changes in my life” (117)?
(a) His sister’s tea.
(b) His mother’s roasted potatoes.
(c) His father’s presence.
(d) His bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of Ngũgĩ ‘s family members was arrested just before Christmas?

2. Which of Ngũgĩ’s family members worked at European owned tea estates?

3. Which friend did Ngũgĩ bump into and fail to convert in Chapter 35?

4. What purchase restores Ngũgĩ’s pride in Kikuyi?

5. Why were government officials taking fingerprints at Alliance in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ngũgĩ say he learned about the power of the pawn through Chess?

2. Who were the Mau Mau guerillas and for what were they fighting?

3. What did they learn of E.K. that gravely disappoints and ultimately disbands the cabal?

4. Why is Charity arrested? What is she accused of doing? Does Ngũgĩ think she did it? Why or why not?

5. How does Ngũgĩ define villagization?

6. What were some of the differences Ngũgĩ notes from when Edward Carey Francis was not on campus to when he returned?

7. What are the big changes Ngũgĩ describes at the beginning of Chapter 32?

8. Why are Ngũgĩ, Wanjai and Leonard late getting back from Nairobi Saturday?

9. Why and when did the Saturday Evening paper begin and what did Ngũgĩ like about it?

10. How does Ngũgĩ describe the homes of the loyal vs. those of the disloyal in Chapter 13?

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