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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose refusal to drive Ngũgĩ and his friends back to school resulted in the boys being late?
(a) Wanjai’s father.
(b) Ngũgĩ’s mother.
(c) Wanjai’s brother.
(d) Good Wallace.

2. Whose resignation from his Conservative prime ministership was the subject of a school assembly in November?
(a) Winston Churchill.
(b) Jonyo Kenyatta.
(c) Allan Ogot.
(d) Joseph Kariuki.

3. What purchase restores Ngũgĩ’s pride in Kikuyi?
(a) Lunch.
(b) New clothes.
(c) A book.
(d) Candy.

4. What school did Ngũgĩ and his friends get a tour of and have tea in Chapter 23?
(a) Kamarithu School for Girls.
(b) Loreto Girls’ School.
(c) Limuru Girls’ School.
(d) Alliance Girls’ School.

5. What was the name Ngũgĩ gave to the officer he met at Tigoni in Chapter 21?
(a) Johnny the Green.
(b) The Green Giant.
(c) Officer Green.
(d) Officer John.

Short Answer Questions

1. What passage does Edward Carey Francis read in the midst of a downpour during a morning parade?

2. What metaphor does Ngũgĩ use to describe the racial conflict in Kenya?

3. Government officials screened students at Alliance to ensure no student had pledged allegiance to whom?

4. What does Ngũgĩ do when he finds his family in Chapter 1?

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

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