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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What detective writer did Ngũgĩ begin to read and attempt to emulate in Chapter 50?
(a) Edgar Wallace.
(b) Booker T. Washington.
(c) Allan Paton.
(d) Sherlock Holmes.

2. Whose resignation from his Conservative prime ministership was the subject of a school assembly in November?
(a) Allan Ogot.
(b) Joseph Kariuki.
(c) Jonyo Kenyatta.
(d) Winston Churchill.

3. What was Ngũgĩ having doubts about when he began reading Albert Schweitzer?
(a) Evangelical Christianity.
(b) Going to College.
(c) Attending Alliance.
(d) His own writing.

4. Which Princess did Ngũgĩ see with the Nairobi scouts in Chapter 34?
(a) Princess Elizabeth.
(b) Princess Kate.
(c) Princess Diana.
(d) Princess Margaret.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From where did Ngũgĩ hear of his brothers capture in Chapter 26?

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

3. Who replaced Anthony Eden as British Prime Minister?

4. What metaphor does Ngũgĩ use to describe the racial conflict in Kenya?

5. With whom did Ngũgĩ travel by train to Limuru?

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