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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Good Wallace tell Ngũgĩ to do to his uniform when he visited him during break?
(a) Burn it.
(b) Sell it.
(c) Keep it clean.
(d) Treasure it.

2. What does Ngũgĩ say he learned the power of from playing Chess?
(a) King.
(b) Bishops.
(c) Knights.
(d) The pawn.

3. What did teacher Joseph Kariuki introduce students to, which they began to memorize in the hopes of wooing girls?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Shakespeare’s sonnets.
(c) Modern pop songs.
(d) Spirituals.

4. What does Edward Carey Francis read that Ngũgĩ uses to describe his “magic as a reader” (46)?
(a) Three Men in a Boat.
(b) Three Dogs in a Boat.
(c) Pilgrim’s Progress.
(d) The Bible.

5. What did Ngũgĩ think might help quiet his spiritual doubts?
(a) Praying more.
(b) Converting one person.
(c) Seeing God.
(d) Hearing God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the first section, which begins in 1955?

2. Where was Ngũgĩ’s brother being held after his capture?

3. Who was Ngũgĩ pleasantly surprised to find was the new chief when he went to the military post for his screening?

4. Why was Ngũgĩ’s friend let go and Ngũgĩ was made to stay captive in Chapter 24?

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

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