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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ngũgĩ name the officer who questioned him about why did he not pay taxes?
(a) Officer Red.
(b) Johnny College.
(c) Johnny the Red.
(d) Heath Hockey.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did Ngũgĩ equate the passage of time in prison to in Chapter 68?
(a) Hell.
(b) Kamarithu.
(c) Being with his mom.
(d) Exams.

9. In Chapter 62, Ngũgĩ was disturbed by the “partnership in crime between criminals and” whom (206)?
(a) His family.
(b) Crime busters.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Teachers.

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

11. When Ngũgĩ‘s brother held his hand in Chapter 74, Ngũgĩ said it was clear that he was his what?
(a) Best Friend.
(b) Hero.
(c) Favorite sibling.
(d) Teacher.

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

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

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

15. Earlier on the day he was stopped on the bus to Limuru, what did Ngũgĩ purchase with his salary?
(a) A briefcase.
(b) Trousers.
(c) Cologne.
(d) A watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the court do after Ngũgĩ’s testimony?

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

3. Who was the first to challenge Ngũgĩ when he became dorm prefect in Chapter 48?

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

5. What is the name of the one other volunteer with Ngũgĩ in Chapter 47?

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