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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who unexpectedly visited Ngũgĩ and his brother and mother in the field in Chapter 31?
(a) Allan Ogot.
(b) Edward Carey Francis.
(c) His father.
(d) Joseph Kariuki.

3. What paper does Ngũgĩ opt to take for the sole purpose of his ego in Chapter 55?
(a) African History.
(b) Additional math.
(c) Self-reflection.
(d) Shakespeare analysis.

4. What does Edward Carey Francis read that Ngũgĩ uses to describe his “magic as a reader” (46)?
(a) Three Dogs in a Boat.
(b) Pilgrim’s Progress.
(c) Three Men in a Boat.
(d) The Bible.

5. In what year was the Declaration of the state of Emergency in Kenya?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1922.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom do Kenneth’s Wanjai and Leonard Mbũgua promise to protect Ngũgĩ during his first year at Alliance?

2. Who does Ngũgĩ say were equal to white teachers at Alliance?

3. Which book, by Booker T. Washington, did Ngũgĩ read that exposed to him connections between Kenya and the Nineteenth Century American South?

4. What did Andrew and Ngũgĩ agree would help reduce racial tensions during their conversion in Chapter 46?

5. What did Ngũgĩ do when they returned to camp in Chapter 47?

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