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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Ngũgĩ travel by train to Limuru?
(a) His brother.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) Kenneth Wanjai.

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

3. Who does Ngũgĩ think about while walking home at the beginning of the memoir?
(a) His girlfriend.
(b) His friend Kenneth.
(c) His teachers.
(d) His brother Good Wallace.

4. Who did Ngũgĩ invite to Nairobi Saturday second semester?
(a) Leonard Mbugua.
(b) Johana Mwalwala.
(c) Edward Carey Francis.
(d) Joseph Kariuki.

5. Where was Ngũgĩ’s brother being held after his capture?
(a) Loreto.
(b) Githunguri.
(c) Banana Hills.
(d) Alliance.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where would Ngũgĩ be screened by Government officials?

3. What was the punishment for returning to school late in Chapter 23?

4. What purchase restores Ngũgĩ’s pride in Kikuyi?

5. Who were the British forces hunting down?

(see the answer key)

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