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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What camp did Ngũgĩ work at during what he calls multiracial volunteer work in Chapter 46?
(a) Kathumia.
(b) Camp Kenya.
(c) Mutonguini.
(d) Gutonmuia.

2. The only time Ngũgĩ says he saw Edward Carey Francis “break” was when he did what in front of his friend, the Bishop?
(a) Yelled.
(b) Wept.
(c) Fell asleep.
(d) Swore.

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

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

5. What phrase used to describe Ngũgĩ on his Leaving School Certificate surprise him?
(a) Most Valuable Player.
(b) Dashing young man.
(c) Pioneering spirit.
(d) Superior being.

Short Answer Questions

1. What names did Ngũgĩ gives to the officers who stopped them on the bus in Chapter 57?

2. What prison were the prisoners transferred to after Thĩmbĩgwa?

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

4. What did Ngũgĩ’s first challenger as dorm prefect do in the dorm, which was against the rules?

5. Who was Ngũgĩ’s friend who worked with him on the Christmas pageant in Chapter 53?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the “partnership in crime between criminals and crime busters” Ngũgĩ refers to on page 206?

2. Describe Ngũgĩ’s first visit to the school library.

3. What good news was Ngũgĩ bringing home to Limuru when he was stopped on the bus?

4. Who did Ngũgĩ, Joshua, and Nicodemus encounter when they were walking back from Limuru and what did she say?

5. How did Ngũgĩ’s conversation with Lady Teacher help him with his own spiritual doubts?

6. What did Ngũgĩ and Johnny the Red have in common?

7. What did Ngũgĩ say in reference to his court appearance that foreshadows what happened after the memoir ends?

8. What was the “comedy” Ngũgĩ saw in being taken to Kiambu Remand Prison?

9. How does Ngũgĩ describe the manner in which the inmates describe their crimes?

10. What did the judge say Ngũgĩ was accused of, much to his surprise?

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