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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Ngũgĩ share the top of the class after exams?
(a) Kenneth Wanjai and Leonard Mbũgua.
(b) Henry Chasia and Hiram Karani.
(c) Hiram Karani and Leonard Mbũgua.
(d) Moses Gauthere and Kenneth Wanjai.

2. What camp did Ngũgĩ work at during what he calls multiracial volunteer work in Chapter 46?
(a) Mutonguini.
(b) Kathumia.
(c) Gutonmuia.
(d) Camp Kenya.

3. Earlier on the day he was stopped on the bus to Limuru, what did Ngũgĩ purchase with his salary?
(a) Cologne.
(b) A briefcase.
(c) Trousers.
(d) A watch.

4. What is the name of the dorm prefect who wakes the students up with a quote?
(a) Moses Gathere.
(b) P.R. Oades.
(c) Moses Griffin.
(d) William Shakespeare.

5. What book did Ngũgĩ read that depicted an image of an African woman as evil?
(a) King Solomon’s Mines.
(b) Up from Slavery.
(c) Cry, the Beloved Country.
(d) Sherlock Holmes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which communities does Ngũgĩ say the passports were meant to tighten government control of in Chapter 22?

2. Which friend was Ngũgĩ able to speak with and give money to send home to his mother in Chapter 58?

3. What was the name of the evangelical speaker who so moved Ngũgĩ to accept Jesus?

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

5. From where did Ngũgĩ hear of his brothers capture in Chapter 26?

(see the answer key)

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