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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. On the stand, Ngũgĩ says he feels the power of what?
(a) The officers.
(b) Telling the truth.
(c) Imperialism.
(d) God.

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

6. What advice did Mr. Rifleman and Mr. Machine Gun give Ngũgĩ in Chapter 71?
(a) Run away.
(b) Plead innocent.
(c) Plead guilty.
(d) Bribe the judge.

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 55, Ngũgĩ studied hard for exams in the hopes of attending which university?
(a) Yale.
(b) Makerere.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Oxford.

11. 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) The sun.
(c) A cross.
(d) His hand.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 64, as Ngũgĩ was in and out sleep in the prison, where did he dream he was with a cruel overseer?

2. What did Ngũgĩ say that Edward Carey Francis' final School Assembly speech represented?

3. The old woman responded to Ngũgĩ by saying, “We are all children of” whom on page 158?

4. What wass the new word Ngũgĩ learned, which referred to the end of the world?

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

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