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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The opening of which college in 1948 meant that secondary schools began to shift their focus on preparing students for college?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Makere.
(d) Alliance.

2. What did Ngũgĩ discover when he arrived at his home in the beginning of the memoir?
(a) His brother has returned.
(b) It is nothing but rubble.
(c) His mother has made him a special dinner. .
(d) His sister had a baby

3. What town do many Alliance students go to shop on Saturdays?
(a) Mbgũa.
(b) Kiambu.
(c) Limuru.
(d) Kikuyi.

4. Why was Ngũgĩ’s friend let go and Ngũgĩ was made to stay captive in Chapter 24?
(a) He bribed them.
(b) He knews the guard.
(c) He was Mtaita.
(d) He ran away.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why were government officials taking fingerprints at Alliance in Chapter 18?

3. Who was Ngũgĩ pleasantly surprised to find was the new chief when he went to the military post for his screening?

4. From whom did Ngũgĩ receive a long letter regarding whether one needed a license to write?

5. Where would Ngũgĩ be screened by Government officials?

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