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

2. What was the 1958 Shakespeare performance at Alliance in Chapter 54?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Midsummer’s Night Dream.
(c) Henry VI.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

3. What did the court do after Ngũgĩ’s testimony?
(a) Cry.
(b) Pray.
(c) Yell.
(d) Applaud.

4. 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) How to Win Friends and Influence People.
(c) Wuthering Heights.
(d) Up From Slavery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the subject of the fight between The Bishop and The General?

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

3. In his disappointment about not going to court on Monday, who tried to comfort Ngũgĩ with a tale of a Hyena, an Antelope, and a Hare?

4. Earlier on the day he was stopped on the bus to Limuru, what did Ngũgĩ purchase with his salary?

5. What paper does Ngũgĩ opt to take for the sole purpose of his ego in Chapter 55?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. When Good Wallace visited Ngũgĩ on Sunday, alone this time, what did he tell him that made him feel hopeful? was it true?

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. How did Ngũgĩ know the Akamba people prior to volunteering to build them a community center?

9. What do readers know about John Kabae, and why does Ngũgĩ think he might be able to help?

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

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