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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 Ngũgĩ’s mother suggest he do after he told of his ordeal being captured?
(a) Join the Mau Mau fighters.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Quit school.
(d) Stop coming home between breaks.

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

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

4. What organization was formed soon after Ghana gained its independence?
(a) Parliament.
(b) The Organization of Elected Members of Africa.
(c) The African Elected Members Organization.
(d) African Election Membership.

5. What prison were the prisoners transferred to after Thĩmbĩgwa?
(a) Kiambu Remand Prison.
(b) Limuru Community Prison.
(c) Hola Camp.
(d) King Africa’s Remand Prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did teacher Joseph Kariuki introduce students to, which they began to memorize in the hopes of wooing girls?

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

3. What paper does Ngũgĩ opt to take for the sole purpose of his ego in Chapter 55?

4. In what year was the Declaration of the state of Emergency in Kenya?

5. In Chapter 62, Ngũgĩ was disturbed by the “partnership in crime between criminals and” whom (206)?

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