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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first book Ngũgĩ read that he says spoke to his Black experience?
(a) Cry, the Beloved Country.
(b) Up from Slavery.
(c) Sherlock Holmes stories.
(d) King Solomon’s Mines.

2. What author who speaks about religion did Gaitho introduce Ngũgĩ to?
(a) Billy Graham.
(b) William Schweitzer.
(c) Albert Saltzman.
(d) Albert Schweitzer.

3. From where did Ngũgĩ return home in April 1955?
(a) Makerere University.
(b) Alliance University.
(c) Alliance High School.
(d) Limuru.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Ngũgĩ discover when he arrived at his home in the beginning of the memoir?

3. What was the subject of the fight between The Bishop and The General?

4. Why were government officials taking fingerprints at Alliance in Chapter 18?

5. Who was the first President of Kenya?

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