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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first President of Kenya?
(a) Jonyo Kenyatta.
(b) Joseph Kariuki.
(c) Joseph Kenyatta.
(d) Jonyo Mau Mau.

2. Who did Ngũgĩ invite back home with him on Nairobi Saturday in Chapter 49?
(a) Nicodemus Asinjo and Justin Omange.
(b) Justin Orange and Nicholas Assam.
(c) Joshua Omange and Nicodemus Asinjo.
(d) Josh Smith and Nicodemus Assam.

3. What does Ngũgĩ say are still crouched, waiting for their time to pounce at the end of Chapter 56?
(a) The Guerillas.
(b) The colonists.
(c) The officers.
(d) The hounds.

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

5. What was the punishment for returning to school late in Chapter 23?
(a) Cleaning the bathrooms.
(b) Cutting the grass.
(c) Getting a license.
(d) Writing an extra paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Shakespearean play did they perform in Chapter 40 which Ngũgĩ says showed him the magic of theater?

2. What did Ngũgĩ say “had come to symbolize continuity despite the many changes in my life” (117)?

3. In Chapter 56, when Carey Francis gave Ngũgĩ his certificate, what did he tell Ngũgĩ not to become?

4. What Billy Graham movie was screened at the school?

5. Who does Ngũgĩ run into at a tailor shop in Kikuyi?

(see the answer key)

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