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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which friend was Ngũgĩ able to speak with and give money to send home to his mother in Chapter 58?
(a) E.K.
(b) Kenneth.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Leonard.

2. Which teacher does Ngũgĩ describe as the “most constant black presence” at Alliance (61)?
(a) Joseph Kariuki.
(b) Kenneth Kariuki.
(c) Jonyo Kenyatta.
(d) Jonyo Kariuki.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which friend did Ngũgĩ bump into and fail to convert in Chapter 35?

2. Who unexpectedly visited Ngũgĩ and his brother and mother in the field in Chapter 31?

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

4. What was Ngũgĩ having doubts about when he began reading Albert Schweitzer?

5. Who replaced Anthony Eden as British Prime Minister?

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