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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 35, Ngũgĩ describes a memorable scouting experience in which people of all races joined together to celebrate the life of whom?
(a) Jonyo Kenyatta.
(b) Good Wallace.
(c) Lord Baden Powell.
(d) Lord Carey Francis.

2. When Ngũgĩ returned from break in August, who did he find out had been detained?
(a) His sister.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

3. What is the name of the first full length play Ngũgĩ attended at Alliance?
(a) Maisha ni Kiambu.
(b) Maisha ni Nini.
(c) Maisha ni Nguva.
(d) Maisha ni Nani.

4. Who was the first President of Kenya?
(a) Jonyo Mau Mau.
(b) Joseph Kenyatta.
(c) Joseph Kariuki.
(d) Jonyo Kenyatta.

5. Where would Ngũgĩ be screened by Government officials?
(a) Limuru.
(b) Nairobi.
(c) Alliance.
(d) Kikuyu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Ngũgĩ use to describe the force that would try to tell him to slow down during a race?

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

3. Who came with Good Wallace to visit Ngũgĩ in prison in Chapter 59?

4. What did Ngũgĩ’s first challenger as dorm prefect do in the dorm, which was against the rules?

5. From whom did Ngũgĩ receive a long letter regarding whether one needed a license to write?

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