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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Ngũgĩ get to his school?
(a) Airplane.
(b) Smuggled on a goods train.
(c) By bus.
(d) His parents drove him.

2. Who did British soldiers capture on October 21, 1956?
(a) Kimathi Dedo.
(b) Jonyo Kenyatta.
(c) Dedan Kimathi.
(d) Dedan Kamathu.

3. What word does Ngũgĩ use to describe Alliance High School?
(a) Encampment.
(b) Sanctuary.
(c) Safe space.
(d) Prison.

4. In what annual performance did Ngũgĩ land the role of foot soldier?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Henry IV, Part I.
(c) Henry VII.
(d) Henry IV, Part IX.

5. Who ruled Egypt during the Nationalization of the Suez Canal?
(a) Jonyo Kenyatta.
(b) Dedan Kimathi.
(c) Colonel Nasser.
(d) Colonel Matai.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where did Ngũgĩ return home in April 1955?

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

3. In regards to the play, what did Ngũgĩ say the “political theater onstage was mimicking” (96)?

4. Which communities does Ngũgĩ say the passports were meant to tighten government control of in Chapter 22?

5. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother suggest he do after he told of his ordeal being captured?

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