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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 did Jonyo Kenyatta call Kenya?
(a) The Land of Conflicted Souls.
(b) A Soul in Conflict.
(c) The Land of Kenyatta.
(d) A Land of Conflict.

2. What sport did the Johnny the Red’s school play against Alliance?
(a) Chess.
(b) Hockey.
(c) LaCrosse.
(d) Soccer.

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

4. In what year was the Declaration of the state of Emergency in Kenya?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1942.

5. Which of Ngũgĩ’s family members worked at European owned tea estates?
(a) Njoki and Charity.
(b) His mother and Njoki.
(c) His brothers.
(d) His mother and Charity.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 56, when Carey Francis gave Ngũgĩ his certificate, what did he tell Ngũgĩ not to become?

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

3. What did Ngũgĩ use as a model for the new debate format at his school?

4. With whom did Ngũgĩ travel by train to Limuru?

5. What image does Ngũgĩ use to describe his fear of British forces?

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