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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 46- 56.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 55, Ngũgĩ studied hard for exams in the hopes of attending which university?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Yale.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Makerere.

4. What does Ngũgĩ do when he finds his family in Chapter 1?
(a) He takes off his uniform and helps them build their new home.
(b) He makes them dinner.
(c) He brags about his school
(d) He urges them to flee..

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did the landscape from the scouting event in Chapter 35 inspire?

2. In Chapter 37, what item did Ngũgĩ use as an analogy the first time he participated in a debate?

3. From which country did Ghana gain its independence in 1957?

4. What was the name of the prison to which Ngũgĩ had to go to receive his final confirmation in Chapter 21?

5. What university’s opening lead to secondary schools becoming more focused on college prep?

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