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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother suggest he do after he told of his ordeal being captured?
(a) Join the Mau Mau fighters.
(b) Quit school.
(c) Stop coming home between breaks.
(d) Call the police.

2. What Billy Graham movie was screened at the school?
(a) Souls in Conflict.
(b) Spiritual Conflicts.
(c) Spirt of Heaven.
(d) Souls in Heaven.

3. Which friend did Ngũgĩ bump into and fail to convert in Chapter 35?
(a) Igogo.
(b) Kenneth Wanjai.
(c) Kenneth Mbugwa.
(d) E.K.

4. In what annual performance did Ngũgĩ land the role of foot soldier?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Henry VII.
(c) Henry IV, Part I.
(d) Henry IV, Part IX.

5. What Shakespearean play did they perform in Chapter 40 which Ngũgĩ says showed him the magic of theater?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Henry IV.
(c) A Midsummer’s Night Dream.
(d) King Lear.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which communities does Ngũgĩ say the passports were meant to tighten government control of in Chapter 22?

3. In Chapter 35, Ngũgĩ describes a memorable scouting experience in which people of all races joined together to celebrate the life of whom?

4. What did Good Wallace and Kabae bring Ngũgĩ to eat while in prison?

5. The opening of which college in 1948 meant that secondary schools began to shift their focus on preparing students for college?

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