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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 equate the passage of time in prison to in Chapter 68?
(a) Hell.
(b) Being with his mom.
(c) Exams.
(d) Kamarithu.

2. Which Emily Bronte book introduced Ngũgĩ to a different way of storytelling?
(a) Wuthering Heights.
(b) The Winds of Yorkshire.
(c) Weathering Hills.
(d) Limuru Breeze.

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

4. What book did Ngũgĩ read that depicted an image of an African woman as evil?
(a) King Solomon’s Mines.
(b) Cry, the Beloved Country.
(c) Up from Slavery.
(d) Sherlock Holmes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 61, after being released, the officer summons Ngũgĩ back stating that he did what?

2. After Good Wallace told Ngũgĩ he would go to court on Monday, what was he disappointed to discover Monday was?

3. Who was the first to challenge Ngũgĩ when he became dorm prefect in Chapter 48?

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

5. Which friend was Ngũgĩ able to speak with and give money to send home to his mother in Chapter 58?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Ngũgĩ describe Thĩmbĩgwa post?

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

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

6. What is Ngũgĩ doing at the end of the story?

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

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

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

10. What do readers know about John Kabae, and why does Ngũgĩ think he might be able to help?

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