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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Ngũgĩ’s friend let go and Ngũgĩ was made to stay captive in Chapter 24?
(a) He knews the guard.
(b) He was Mtaita.
(c) He bribed them.
(d) He ran away.

2. Ngũgĩ was disappointed in much of the literature he read in school because it used which continent as a reference point?
(a) North America.
(b) Asia.
(c) Europe.
(d) Africa.

3. What was the name of the prison to which Ngũgĩ had to go to receive his final confirmation in Chapter 21?
(a) Limuru.
(b) Tigoni.
(c) Kamaruthu.
(d) Gotini.

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

5. What did Ngũgĩ name the officer who questioned him about why did he not pay taxes?
(a) Johnny the Red.
(b) Heath Hockey.
(c) Johnny College.
(d) Officer Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Ngũgĩ use to describe the force that would try to tell him to slow down during a race?

2. As the focus of school shifted to preparing students for college, local knowledge was replaced by what at Alliance?

3. What first for Ngũgĩ is foreshadowed at the end of Chapter 22?

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

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

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