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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jonyo Kenyatta call Kenya?
(a) A Soul in Conflict.
(b) The Land of Kenyatta.
(c) The Land of Conflicted Souls.
(d) A Land of Conflict.

2. Who does Ngũgĩ run into at a tailor shop in Kikuyi?
(a) Kenneth Mbgũa.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) Igogo.

3. In Chapter 1, what is the one thing left standing where Ngũgĩ’s home used to be?
(a) A mango tree.
(b) A fig tree.
(c) A banana tree.
(d) A pear tree.

4. Ngũgĩ was disappointed in much of the literature he read in school because it used which continent as a reference point?
(a) Europe.
(b) North America.
(c) Africa.
(d) Asia.

5. During an English Lesson, Principal Smith guided students on the use of simple words claiming that who spoke simple English?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Moses.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first President of Kenya?

2. The opening of which college in 1948 meant that secondary schools began to shift their focus on preparing students for college?

3. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother suggest he do after he told of his ordeal being captured?

4. What was the name of the English teacher who took Ngũgĩ’s class on a tour of a real Englishmen’s house?

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

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