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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31 - 45.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 45, Ngũgĩ says that schools in Kenya were separate and what?
(a) Unequal.
(b) Far apart.
(c) Similar.
(d) Equal.

5. What Billy Graham movie was screened at the school?
(a) Souls in Heaven.
(b) Souls in Conflict.
(c) Spiritual Conflicts.
(d) Spirt of Heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ngũgĩ say “had come to symbolize continuity despite the many changes in my life” (117)?

2. In Chapter 1, what is the one thing left standing where Ngũgĩ’s home used to be?

3. What is the name of the first full length play Ngũgĩ attended at Alliance?

4. With what white student was Ngũgĩ’s first social exchange?

5. What is the title of Part II?

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