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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what annual performance did Ngũgĩ land the role of foot soldier?
(a) Henry IV, Part IX.
(b) Henry VII.
(c) Henry IV, Part I.
(d) King Lear.

2. Which friend did Ngũgĩ bump into and fail to convert in Chapter 35?
(a) Kenneth Mbugwa.
(b) Igogo.
(c) E.K.
(d) Kenneth Wanjai.

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

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

5. What did the boys at Alliance call the girls at the Alliance school for girls?
(a) Over the Meadows.
(b) Far-a-ways.
(c) Alliance ladies.
(d) Acrossians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ngũgĩ say he found refuge at the start of Chapter 43?

2. What is the name of Ngũgĩ’s new home village?

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

4. In Chapter 45, Ngũgĩ recounted an important soccer game in which Alliance won against what team?

5. Which Princess did Ngũgĩ see with the Nairobi scouts in Chapter 34?

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