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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 57- 62.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother believe to have sacred and healing powers?
(a) Roasted Potatoes.
(b) Pears.
(c) The Mugumo tree.
(d) Tea.

3. In Chapter 56, when Carey Francis gave Ngũgĩ his certificate, what did he tell Ngũgĩ not to become?
(a) A principal.
(b) A Mau Mau.
(c) A politician.
(d) A police officer.

4. What was the name of the English teacher who took Ngũgĩ’s class on a tour of a real Englishmen’s house?
(a) Edward Carey Francis.
(b) Moses Gathere.
(c) Principal Smith.
(d) P.R. Oades.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose refusal to drive Ngũgĩ and his friends back to school resulted in the boys being late?

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

3. Which one of Ngũgĩ ‘s family members was arrested just before Christmas?

4. What was the punishment for returning to school late in Chapter 23?

5. What names did Ngũgĩ gives to the officers who stopped them on the bus in Chapter 57?

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