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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Andrew and Ngũgĩ agree would help reduce racial tensions during their conversion in Chapter 46?
(a) Less social contact between races.
(b) More social contact between races.
(c) Studying abroad.
(d) Integrated schools.

2. In Chapter 61, after being released, the officer summons Ngũgĩ back stating that he did what?
(a) Left his wallet behind.
(b) Lied.
(c) Cheated on his exams.
(d) Resisted arrest and assaulted a police officer.

3. What is the name of the one other volunteer with Ngũgĩ in Chapter 47?
(a) Igor.
(b) Govinda.
(c) Igogo.
(d) Giovani.

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

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

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

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

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

9. From whom was the letter John the teacher gave to Ngũgĩ in Chapter 73?
(a) Joseph Kabae.
(b) His mother.
(c) Good Wallace.
(d) Lady Teacher.

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

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

12. What was the subject of the fight between The Bishop and The General?
(a) How to pitch a tent.
(b) Mau Mau Guerilla fighters and the government.
(c) Ngũgĩ.
(d) Why the other volunteer left.

13. What detective writer did Ngũgĩ begin to read and attempt to emulate in Chapter 50?
(a) Edgar Wallace.
(b) Sherlock Holmes.
(c) Allan Paton.
(d) Booker T. Washington.

14. 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.

15. In Chapter 63, who did the old man say the ex-chief had to “disappear” after he found the secret armory?
(a) His wife.
(b) His son.
(c) His brother.
(d) His daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 62, Ngũgĩ was disturbed by the “partnership in crime between criminals and” whom (206)?

2. In Chapter 49, what group did Ngũgĩ say he joined because of his interest in different communities?

3. Where was Ngũgĩ headed at the end of the book?

4. How many white volunteers were there at Camp Mutonguini with Ngũgĩ?

5. Who did Ngũgĩ invite back home with him on Nairobi Saturday in Chapter 49?

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