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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did Ngũgĩ plan to tell first about this acceptance to Makerere?
(a) Good Wallace.
(b) Kenneth.
(c) His mother.
(d) Charity.

3. Where did Ngũgĩ’s first story get published?
(a) The local newspaper.
(b) His school magazine.
(c) A short story collection.
(d) His own book.

4. What are the names Ngũgĩ gives to the two European teachers in Chapter 47?
(a) The General and the Villager.
(b) The Bishop and The General.
(c) The Bishop and the Pawn.
(d) The King and the Queen.

5. What did Ngũgĩ say that Edward Carey Francis' final School Assembly speech represented?
(a) Formal eviction from Alliance.
(b) Formal divorce from Alliance.
(c) Uncertainty.
(d) Graduation.

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

7. When Ngũgĩ and his friends met an old lady on their return home, what did Ngũgĩ tell her about his friends?
(a) They were Mtai.
(b) They were from Alliance.
(c) They were Luo.
(d) They were students.

8. What was Ngũgĩ having doubts about when he began reading Albert Schweitzer?
(a) His own writing.
(b) Evangelical Christianity.
(c) Attending Alliance.
(d) Going to College.

9. What paper does Ngũgĩ opt to take for the sole purpose of his ego in Chapter 55?
(a) African History.
(b) Self-reflection.
(c) Additional math.
(d) Shakespeare analysis.

10. 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 gun.
(b) A bloody arm.
(c) A skull.
(d) A briefcase full of money.

11. In Chapter 49, what group did Ngũgĩ say he joined because of his interest in different communities?
(a) The Intergenerational Society.
(b) The Intertribal Society.
(c) The International Society.
(d) The Interracial Society.

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

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

14. In court in Chapter 70, what fellow teacher did Ngũgĩ meet from Kahũguĩni?
(a) Joseph.
(b) John.
(c) Allan.
(d) Edward.

15. How many white volunteers were there at Camp Mutonguini with Ngũgĩ?
(a) 1.
(b) 0.
(c) 25.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the 1958 Shakespeare performance at Alliance in Chapter 54?

4. In Chapter 55, Ngũgĩ studied hard for exams in the hopes of attending which university?

5. In the story the old man told in Chapter 63, where was the ex-chief banished to?

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