View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was the name of the newspaper students read aloud each week in the Alliance Dining Hall?
(a) The Saturday Evening Paper.
(b) The Saturday Evening Post.
(c) The Weekly Update.
(d) Kenya Weekly.

4. What did teacher Joseph Kariuki introduce students to, which they began to memorize in the hopes of wooing girls?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Modern pop songs.
(c) Shakespeare’s sonnets.
(d) Spirituals.

5. In Chapter 45, Ngũgĩ says that schools in Kenya were separate and what?
(a) Unequal.
(b) Far apart.
(c) Equal.
(d) Similar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the “leader” of Ngũgĩ’s three person cabal?

2. From where did Ngũgĩ hear of his brothers capture in Chapter 26?

3. Where was Ngũgĩ’s brother being held after his capture?

4. What was the name of the prison to which Ngũgĩ had to go to receive his final confirmation in Chapter 21?

5. In Chapter 37, what item did Ngũgĩ use as an analogy the first time he participated in a debate?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 234 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample