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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ngũgĩ say are still crouched, waiting for their time to pounce at the end of Chapter 56?
(a) The colonists.
(b) The hounds.
(c) The Guerillas.
(d) The officers.

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

3. Who was the “leader” of Ngũgĩ’s three person cabal?
(a) Joseph Kahnoki.
(b) Elijah Kahnoki.
(c) Joseph Omange.
(d) Elijah Omange.

4. When did Ngũgĩ begin school at Alliance?
(a) October, 1952.
(b) December, 1959.
(c) January, 1955.
(d) April, 1950.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 63, who did the old man say the ex-chief had to “disappear” after he found the secret armory?

2. Why was Ngũgĩ’s friend let go and Ngũgĩ was made to stay captive in Chapter 24?

3. What prison were the prisoners transferred to after Thĩmbĩgwa?

4. How many white volunteers were there at Camp Mutonguini with Ngũgĩ?

5. What did the boys at Alliance call the girls at the Alliance school for girls?

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