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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 prison were the prisoners transferred to after Thĩmbĩgwa?
(a) King Africa’s Remand Prison.
(b) Hola Camp.
(c) Kiambu Remand Prison.
(d) Limuru Community Prison.

2. Who did Ngũgĩ’s friend Kimani want to talk about constantly?
(a) Himself.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Kenneth.
(d) Dale Carnegie.

3. In Chapter 49, what group did Ngũgĩ say he joined because of his interest in different communities?
(a) The Intergenerational Society.
(b) The Interracial Society.
(c) The Intertribal Society.
(d) The International Society.

4. Government officials screened students at Alliance to ensure no student had pledged allegiance to whom?
(a) Mau Mau Guerillas.
(b) The Flag.
(c) British Colonists.
(d) Edward Carey Francis.

5. Who did British soldiers capture on October 21, 1956?
(a) Dedan Kimathi.
(b) Jonyo Kenyatta.
(c) Dedan Kamathu.
(d) Kimathi Dedo.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what is the one thing left standing where Ngũgĩ’s home used to be?

2. With whom does Ngũgĩ share the top of the class after exams?

3. When Ngũgĩ returned from break in August, who did he find out had been detained?

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

5. What author who speaks about religion did Gaitho introduce Ngũgĩ to?

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