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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 special Saturday when students are allowed to leave the school all day?
(a) Nairobi Fest.
(b) Kikuyi Saturday.
(c) Nairobi Saturday.
(d) Limuru Day.

2. Who did British soldiers capture on October 21, 1956?
(a) Jonyo Kenyatta.
(b) Dedan Kimathi.
(c) Dedan Kamathu.
(d) Kimathi Dedo.

3. During the fight between The Bishop and The General, Ngũgĩ had a vision of a man of God holding what?
(a) A cross.
(b) A huge Bible.
(c) His hand.
(d) The sun.

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

5. What does Edward Carey Francis read that Ngũgĩ uses to describe his “magic as a reader” (46)?
(a) Pilgrim’s Progress.
(b) Three Men in a Boat.
(c) Three Dogs in a Boat.
(d) The Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did teacher Joseph Kariuki introduce students to, which they began to memorize in the hopes of wooing girls?

2. In regards to the play, what did Ngũgĩ say the “political theater onstage was mimicking” (96)?

3. As the focus of school shifted to preparing students for college, local knowledge was replaced by what at Alliance?

4. Which Emily Bronte book introduced Ngũgĩ to a different way of storytelling?

5. After pleading not guilty, what was the prosecution unable to produce in order for proceedings to begin?

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