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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 were the British forces hunting down?
(a) Escaped prisoners.
(b) Mau Mau guerillas.
(c) White colonists.
(d) Alliance students.

2. What was the name of the English teacher who took Ngũgĩ’s class on a tour of a real Englishmen’s house?
(a) Edward Carey Francis.
(b) P.R. Oades.
(c) Moses Gathere.
(d) Principal Smith.

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

4. In Chapter 45, Ngũgĩ recounted an important soccer game in which Alliance won against what team?
(a) Kĩnoo.
(b) Prince of Wales.
(c) Duke.
(d) Caledonians.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word does Ngũgĩ use to describe the force that would try to tell him to slow down during a race?

3. Who unexpectedly visited Ngũgĩ and his brother and mother in the field in Chapter 31?

4. Who did British soldiers capture on October 21, 1956?

5. What first for Ngũgĩ is foreshadowed at the end of Chapter 22?

(see the answer key)

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