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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 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.

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

3. Which Princess did Ngũgĩ see with the Nairobi scouts in Chapter 34?
(a) Princess Kate.
(b) Princess Diana.
(c) Princess Margaret.
(d) Princess Elizabeth.

4. What did Ngũgĩ say he learned the power of during his volunteer time at Mutonguini?
(a) The sun.
(b) Service.
(c) The trumpet.
(d) The drum.

5. Which teacher does Ngũgĩ describe as the “most constant black presence” at Alliance (61)?
(a) Joseph Kariuki.
(b) Jonyo Kenyatta.
(c) Jonyo Kariuki.
(d) Kenneth Kariuki.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did British soldiers capture on October 21, 1956?

2. In Chapter 45, Ngũgĩ says that schools in Kenya were separate and what?

3. How did Ngũgĩ get to his school?

4. Why was Ngũgĩ’s friend let go and Ngũgĩ was made to stay captive in Chapter 24?

5. Which friend was Ngũgĩ able to speak with and give money to send home to his mother in Chapter 58?

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