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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 57- 62.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the special Saturday when students are allowed to leave the school all day?
(a) Nairobi Fest.
(b) Kikuyi Saturday.
(c) Nairobi Saturday.
(d) Limuru Day.

3. Who did Ngũgĩ invite to Nairobi Saturday second semester?
(a) Leonard Mbugua.
(b) Joseph Kariuki.
(c) Edward Carey Francis.
(d) Johana Mwalwala.

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

5. Which one of Ngũgĩ ‘s family members was arrested just before Christmas?
(a) Njoki.
(b) Ngũgĩ‘s mother.
(c) Charity.
(d) Ngũgĩ.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ngũgĩ say “had come to symbolize continuity despite the many changes in my life” (117)?

2. For what holiday did Ngũgĩ help the Limuru youth put on a performance?

3. Ngũgĩ was disappointed in much of the literature he read in school because it used which continent as a reference point?

4. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother believe to have sacred and healing powers?

5. What book did the landscape from the scouting event in Chapter 35 inspire?

(see the answer key)

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