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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ngũgĩ was disappointed in much of the literature he read in school because it used which continent as a reference point?
(a) North America.
(b) Africa.
(c) Europe.
(d) Asia.

2. What did Andrew and Ngũgĩ agree would help reduce racial tensions during their conversion in Chapter 46?
(a) Studying abroad.
(b) Integrated schools.
(c) Less social contact between races.
(d) More social contact between races.

3. What did the prisoners find out about Ngũgĩ in Chapter 60?
(a) His brother is a Mau Mau.
(b) He is from Limuru.
(c) He plays chess.
(d) He attended Alliance.

4. The opening of which college in 1948 meant that secondary schools began to shift their focus on preparing students for college?
(a) Makere.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Alliance.
(d) Cambridge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What metaphor does Ngũgĩ use to describe the racial conflict in Kenya?

2. In Chapter 62, Ngũgĩ was disturbed by the “partnership in crime between criminals and” whom (206)?

3. What did Ngũgĩ determine to read when he first saw the school library?

4. Where does Ngũgĩ say he found refuge at the start of Chapter 43?

5. When did Ngũgĩ begin school at Alliance?

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