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

2. For what holiday did Ngũgĩ help the Limuru youth put on a performance?
(a) New Year’s
(b) Easter.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Thanksgiving.

3. With what white student was Ngũgĩ’s first social exchange?
(a) Andrew Brockett.
(b) Govinda.
(c) John Brockett.
(d) Andrew Carson.

4. What was the 1958 Shakespeare performance at Alliance in Chapter 54?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Henry VI.
(d) Midsummer’s Night Dream.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What first for Ngũgĩ is foreshadowed at the end of Chapter 22?

2. Government officials screened students at Alliance to ensure no student had pledged allegiance to whom?

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

4. What are the names Ngũgĩ gives to the two European teachers in Chapter 47?

5. What phrase used to describe Ngũgĩ on his Leaving School Certificate surprise him?

(see the answer key)

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