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

2. Who did Ngũgĩ’s friend Kimani want to talk about constantly?
(a) Dale Carnegie.
(b) Kenneth.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Himself.

3. What did Ngũgĩ’s first challenger as dorm prefect do in the dorm, which was against the rules?
(a) He drank.
(b) He broke the door.
(c) He partied all night.
(d) He smoked.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What camp did Ngũgĩ work at during what he calls multiracial volunteer work in Chapter 46?

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?

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

5. What part of his dream does Ngũgĩ relate to the performance at Kahũgĩnĩ school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the letter that John gave to Ngũgĩ, and what did it mean to him?

2. What is Ngũgĩ doing at the end of the story?

3. What does Ngũgĩ mean when he says that Alliance did not divide Africans across racial lines?

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

5. In 1957, Ngũgĩ became dorm prefect. Describe the first time he was challenged by a fellow student.

6. What did Ngũgĩ find in common with Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights?

7. To keep their minds off of the things, what did the prisoners do that made the day go by faster according to Ngũgĩ?

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

9. Describe Ngũgĩ’s final meeting with Edward Carey Francis to receive his Leaving School Certificate.

10. Describe the fight between The Bishop and The General.

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