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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 Good Wallace and Kabae bring Ngũgĩ to eat while in prison?
(a) Clothes.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) Bread.
(d) Tea.

2. What did Ngũgĩ use as a model for the new debate format at his school?
(a) The classroom.
(b) Congress.
(c) Shakespeare’s sonnets.
(d) Parliament.

3. Which friend was Ngũgĩ able to speak with and give money to send home to his mother in Chapter 58?
(a) E.K.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Kenneth.
(d) Leonard.

4. Where does Ngũgĩ say he found refuge at the start of Chapter 43?
(a) The Sunday School chapel.
(b) His dorm room.
(c) His classroom.
(d) Books.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. No longer a sanctuary or refuge, what metaphor does Ngũgĩ use to describe Alliance at the start of Chapter 32?

3. What school did Ngũgĩ and his friends get a tour of and have tea in Chapter 23?

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

5. What does Ngũgĩ say he learned the power of from playing Chess?

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