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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ngũgĩ say he found refuge at the start of Chapter 43?
(a) His dorm room.
(b) The Sunday School chapel.
(c) Books.
(d) His classroom.

2. Whose refusal to drive Ngũgĩ and his friends back to school resulted in the boys being late?
(a) Wanjai’s brother.
(b) Good Wallace.
(c) Ngũgĩ’s mother.
(d) Wanjai’s father.

3. Which author inspired Ngũgĩ to write about his childhood?
(a) Holmes.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Bronte.
(d) Washington.

4. What image does Ngũgĩ use to describe his fear of British forces?
(a) Bears.
(b) Bloodhounds.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Lions.

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) Pilgrim’s Sacrifice.
(d) In the House of the Interpreter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wass the new word Ngũgĩ learned, which referred to the end of the world?

2. What is the name of the dorm prefect who wakes the students up with a quote?

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

4. What did Ngũgĩ discover when he arrived at his home in the beginning of the memoir?

5. What did Ngũgĩ determine to read when he first saw the school library?

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