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

2. Why were government officials taking fingerprints at Alliance in Chapter 18?
(a) To arrest students.
(b) Nobody knows.
(c) For passports.
(d) To see who is Mau Mau.

3. In Chapter 37, what item did Ngũgĩ use as an analogy the first time he participated in a debate?
(a) Pencil.
(b) Paper.
(c) Pen.
(d) Scissors.

4. What passage does Edward Carey Francis read in the midst of a downpour during a morning parade?
(a) In the House of the Interpreter.
(b) Pilgrim’s Progress.
(c) Pilgrim’s Sacrifice.
(d) Three Men in a Boat.

5. Who was the “leader” of Ngũgĩ’s three person cabal?
(a) Elijah Omange.
(b) Elijah Kahnoki.
(c) Joseph Kahnoki.
(d) Joseph Omange.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Ngũgĩ discover when he arrived at his home in the beginning of the memoir?

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

4. What does Edward Carey Francis read that Ngũgĩ uses to describe his “magic as a reader” (46)?

5. When Ngũgĩ returned from break in August, who did he find out had been detained?

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