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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Ngũgĩ invite to Nairobi Saturday second semester?
(a) Johana Mwalwala.
(b) Joseph Kariuki.
(c) Leonard Mbugua.
(d) Edward Carey Francis.

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

3. From whom did Ngũgĩ receive a long letter regarding whether one needed a license to write?
(a) Kenneth Mbgũa.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) Kenneth Wanjai.

4. What is the title of Part II?
(a) A Tale of Souls in Conflict.
(b) A Tale of Home and School.
(c) A Tale of Conflicting Souls.
(d) A Tale of My Passport Screening.

5. What was the punishment for returning to school late in Chapter 23?
(a) Getting a license.
(b) Cleaning the bathrooms.
(c) Writing an extra paper.
(d) Cutting the grass.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what annual performance did Ngũgĩ land the role of foot soldier?

2. Whose resignation from his Conservative prime ministership was the subject of a school assembly in November?

3. Who ruled Egypt during the Nationalization of the Suez Canal?

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

5. What school did Ngũgĩ and his friends get a tour of and have tea in Chapter 23?

(see the answer key)

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