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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom did they build a community center when at Camp Mutonguini?
(a) The Akamba.
(b) The Mau Mau.
(c) The King.
(d) The Mtai.

2. What did Ngũgĩ determine to read when he first saw the school library?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) Comic Books.
(c) All the books.
(d) None of the books.

3. What did Good Wallace and Kabae bring Ngũgĩ to eat while in prison?
(a) Bread.
(b) Clothes.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) Tea.

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) Educated.
(c) Imprisoned.
(d) Sad.

5. What did Ngũgĩ’s first challenger as dorm prefect do in the dorm, which was against the rules?
(a) He partied all night.
(b) He broke the door.
(c) He smoked.
(d) He drank.

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

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

8. What post are Ngũgĩ and the other captives taken to first in Chapter 60?
(a) Gauthiere.
(b) Thĩmbĩgwa.
(c) Kamarithu.
(d) Kiambu.

9. 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.

10. Which book, by Booker T. Washington, did Ngũgĩ read that exposed to him connections between Kenya and the Nineteenth Century American South?
(a) Wuthering Heights.
(b) Up From Slavery.
(c) Slave Stories.
(d) How to Win Friends and Influence People.

11. 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.

12. In the story the old man told of his time as a freedom fighter, what was he carrying on the bus when it was stopped by police?
(a) A bloody arm.
(b) A skull.
(c) A briefcase full of money.
(d) A gun.

13. What experience from Alliance helped Ngũgĩ during his trial in Chapter 74?
(a) Acting.
(b) Debating.
(c) Being Bullied.
(d) Praying.

14. Which Emily Bronte book introduced Ngũgĩ to a different way of storytelling?
(a) Wuthering Heights.
(b) Weathering Hills.
(c) The Winds of Yorkshire.
(d) Limuru Breeze.

15. After pleading not guilty, what was the prosecution unable to produce in order for proceedings to begin?
(a) Money.
(b) A witness.
(c) A coherent argument.
(d) Ngũgĩ.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what association does Ngũgĩ volunteer after his first volunteer experience?

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

3. What was the subject of the fight between The Bishop and The General?

4. When Ngũgĩ and his friends met an old lady on their return home, what did Ngũgĩ tell her about his friends?

5. In Chapter 61, after being released, the officer summons Ngũgĩ back stating that he did what?

(see the answer keys)

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