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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 is the name of the man who tells Ngũgĩ where to find his family in Chapter 1?
(a) Charity.
(b) Kenneth.
(c) Mwangi.
(d) Good Wallace.

2. What author who speaks about religion did Gaitho introduce Ngũgĩ to?
(a) Billy Graham.
(b) Albert Saltzman.
(c) Albert Schweitzer.
(d) William Schweitzer.

3. Who does Ngũgĩ think about while walking home at the beginning of the memoir?
(a) His girlfriend.
(b) His teachers.
(c) His friend Kenneth.
(d) His brother Good Wallace.

4. Who did Ngũgĩ’s friend Kimani want to talk about constantly?
(a) Dale Carnegie.
(b) Himself.
(c) Kenneth.
(d) Tolstoy.

5. What did Ngũgĩ do when they returned to camp in Chapter 47?
(a) He hid.
(b) He prayed.
(c) He slept.
(d) He left.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase used to describe Ngũgĩ on his Leaving School Certificate surprise him?

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

3. What was the name of the English teacher who took Ngũgĩ’s class on a tour of a real Englishmen’s house?

4. What wass the new word Ngũgĩ learned, which referred to the end of the world?

5. What are the names Ngũgĩ gives to the two European teachers in Chapter 47?

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