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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what school was Johnny the Red a graduate?
(a) Duke of York.
(b) Prince of Wales.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Alliance.

2. What advice did Mr. Rifleman and Mr. Machine Gun give Ngũgĩ in Chapter 71?
(a) Plead guilty.
(b) Bribe the judge.
(c) Plead innocent.
(d) Run away.

3. What was the name of the ex-chief about whose courage the older and younger prisoners disagree in Chapter 63?
(a) Kenyatta.
(b) Mbiyũ.
(c) Mbugua.
(d) Wallace.

4. When the other prisoners from Thĩmbĩgwa told the others Ngũgĩ was from Alliance, they said that colonial police did not want to see Black people what?
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Educated.
(d) Imprisoned.

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

6. What prison were the prisoners transferred to after Thĩmbĩgwa?
(a) King Africa’s Remand Prison.
(b) Kiambu Remand Prison.
(c) Limuru Community Prison.
(d) Hola Camp.

7. What wass the new word Ngũgĩ learned, which referred to the end of the world?
(a) Ecclesiastical.
(b) Historical.
(c) Apocalyptic.
(d) Eschatological.

8. What part of his dream does Ngũgĩ relate to the performance at Kahũgĩnĩ school?
(a) The bloody arm.
(b) The cruel overseer.
(c) The plantation.
(d) The spirituals.

9. What surprised Ngũgĩ about what his fellow prisoners did in court in Chapter 70?
(a) They plead guilty.
(b) They yelled at the officers.
(c) They plead innocent.
(d) They didn’t show up.

10. The letter John gave to Ngũgĩ suggested to him that he may have finally succeeded in doing what?
(a) Passing exams.
(b) Committing a sin.
(c) Converting someone.
(d) Being accepted to university.

11. In Chapter 56, when Carey Francis gave Ngũgĩ his certificate, what did he tell Ngũgĩ not to become?
(a) A principal.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A politician.
(d) A Mau Mau.

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

13. Which author inspired Ngũgĩ to write about his childhood?
(a) Holmes.
(b) Bronte.
(c) Washington.
(d) Tolstoy.

14. What sport did the Johnny the Red’s school play against Alliance?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Chess.
(c) LaCrosse.
(d) Hockey.

15. In his disappointment about not going to court on Monday, who tried to comfort Ngũgĩ with a tale of a Hyena, an Antelope, and a Hare?
(a) Mr. Machine Gun.
(b) Mr. Body Parts.
(c) Mr. Bank Robber.
(d) Mr. Rifleman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ngũgĩ’s first challenger as dorm prefect do in the dorm, which was against the rules?

2. What camp did Ngũgĩ work at during what he calls multiracial volunteer work in Chapter 46?

3. In Chapter 64, as Ngũgĩ was in and out sleep in the prison, where did he dream he was with a cruel overseer?

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

5. What experience from Alliance helped Ngũgĩ during his trial in Chapter 74?

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