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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the man who tells Ngũgĩ where to find his family in Chapter 1?
(a) Charity.
(b) Mwangi.
(c) Good Wallace.
(d) Kenneth.

2. What purchase restores Ngũgĩ’s pride in Kikuyi?
(a) New clothes.
(b) Candy.
(c) Lunch.
(d) A book.

3. What does Edward Carey Francis read that Ngũgĩ uses to describe his “magic as a reader” (46)?
(a) Three Dogs in a Boat.
(b) Pilgrim’s Progress.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Three Men in a Boat.

4. Why were government officials taking fingerprints at Alliance in Chapter 18?
(a) To arrest students.
(b) Nobody knows.
(c) To see who is Mau Mau.
(d) For passports.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the dorm prefect who wakes the students up with a quote?

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

3. What is the title of Part II?

4. Who was the new principal of Alliance in 1940?

5. During an English Lesson, Principal Smith guided students on the use of simple words claiming that who spoke simple English?

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