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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of the evangelical speaker who so moved Ngũgĩ to accept Jesus?
(a) Billy Graham.
(b) David Graham.
(c) David Martin.
(d) Billy Martin.

3. Who was Ngũgĩ pleasantly surprised to find was the new chief when he went to the military post for his screening?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) Kenneth Mbugua.
(d) Fred Mbugua.

4. From where did Ngũgĩ return home in April 1955?
(a) Limuru.
(b) Makerere University.
(c) Alliance University.
(d) Alliance High School.

5. From whom do Kenneth’s Wanjai and Leonard Mbũgua promise to protect Ngũgĩ during his first year at Alliance?
(a) Bullies.
(b) The principal.
(c) Girls.
(d) Mean teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Ngũgĩ’s family members worked at European owned tea estates?

2. With whom does Ngũgĩ share the top of the class after exams?

3. Who does Ngũgĩ run into at a tailor shop in Kikuyi?

4. What is the title of Part II?

5. Who does Ngũgĩ think about while walking home at the beginning of the memoir?

(see the answer key)

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