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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 did Ngũgĩ plan to tell first about this acceptance to Makerere?
(a) His mother.
(b) Charity.
(c) Kenneth.
(d) Good Wallace.

2. What did the boys at Alliance call the girls at the Alliance school for girls?
(a) Far-a-ways.
(b) Over the Meadows.
(c) Alliance ladies.
(d) Acrossians.

3. When Ngũgĩ returned from break in August, who did he find out had been detained?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His sister.

4. What names did Ngũgĩ gives to the officers who stopped them on the bus in Chapter 57?
(a) Officer Bullets.
(b) Mr. Machine Gun and Mr. Rifleman.
(c) Johnny Gun and Johnny Rifleman.
(d) Mr. Green and Mr. Red.

5. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother make for his friends when they visited in Chapter 23?
(a) Mashed potatoes.
(b) Roasted potatoes.
(c) Roasted yams.
(d) Pear Jam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ngũgĩ name the officer who questioned him about why did he not pay taxes?

2. Whose refusal to drive Ngũgĩ and his friends back to school resulted in the boys being late?

3. What prison were the prisoners transferred to after Thĩmbĩgwa?

4. What sport did the Johnny the Red’s school play against Alliance?

5. Which sport does Ngũgĩ say was his favorite as both spectator and participant?

(see the answer key)

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