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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase used to describe Ngũgĩ on his Leaving School Certificate surprise him?
(a) Pioneering spirit.
(b) Superior being.
(c) Dashing young man.
(d) Most Valuable Player.

2. After Good Wallace told Ngũgĩ he would go to court on Monday, what was he disappointed to discover Monday was?
(a) Cleaning Day.
(b) His graduation.
(c) The Judge’s Birthday.
(d) A public holiday.

3. What did Ngũgĩ say he learned the power of during his volunteer time at Mutonguini?
(a) The drum.
(b) Service.
(c) The trumpet.
(d) The sun.

4. The old woman responded to Ngũgĩ by saying, “We are all children of” whom on page 158?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Earth.
(c) God.
(d) Africa.

5. After Mr. Rifleman lied on the stand, what words of his mother did Ngũgĩ recall?
(a) Time heals all wounds.
(b) Love wins.
(c) The Golden Rule.
(d) Truth never dies.

6. Who came with Good Wallace to visit Ngũgĩ in prison in Chapter 59?
(a) Charity.
(b) Joseph Kabae.
(c) Njoki.
(d) His mother.

7. What was the first book Ngũgĩ read that he says spoke to his Black experience?
(a) Sherlock Holmes stories.
(b) King Solomon’s Mines.
(c) Cry, the Beloved Country.
(d) Up from Slavery.

8. As he embarked on his literary journey, Ngũgĩ found discomfort with the ways which people were depicted?
(a) Englishmen.
(b) Americans.
(c) Non-English characters.
(d) Women.

9. Who was the first to challenge Ngũgĩ when he became dorm prefect in Chapter 48?
(a) Irie Dunst.
(b) Dunstan Smith.
(c) Daniel Ireri.
(d) Dunstan Ireri.

10. What was the 1958 Shakespeare performance at Alliance in Chapter 54?
(a) Henry VI.
(b) Midsummer’s Night Dream.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

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

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

13. With what association does Ngũgĩ volunteer after his first volunteer experience?
(a) The Kenya Youth Hostel Association.
(b) The Nairobi Youth Hostel Association.
(c) The Mutonguini Hostel Association.
(d) Youth Hostels of America.

14. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother often say the longest nights always end with?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Peace.
(c) Roasted Potatoes.
(d) Sleep.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Ngũgĩ’s friend who worked with him on the Christmas pageant in Chapter 53?

3. What did Ngũgĩ name the officer who questioned him about why did he not pay taxes?

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?

5. What did Andrew and Ngũgĩ agree would help reduce racial tensions during their conversion in Chapter 46?

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