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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 63-75.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Ngũgĩ think might help quiet his spiritual doubts?
(a) Seeing God.
(b) Praying more.
(c) Hearing God.
(d) Converting one person.

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) Edward Carey Francis.
(c) Moses Gathere.
(d) P.R. Oades.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Good Wallace and Kabae bring Ngũgĩ to eat while in prison?

2. Who does Ngũgĩ think about while walking home at the beginning of the memoir?

3. Who was the new principal of Alliance in 1940?

4. What does Edward Carey Francis read that Ngũgĩ uses to describe his “magic as a reader” (46)?

5. What was the first book Ngũgĩ read that he says spoke to his Black experience?

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