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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 did Ngũgĩ do when they returned to camp in Chapter 47?
(a) He prayed.
(b) He slept.
(c) He left.
(d) He hid.

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

3. What was the name of the ex-chief about whose courage the older and younger prisoners disagree in Chapter 63?
(a) Mbugua.
(b) Mbiyũ.
(c) Wallace.
(d) Kenyatta.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ngũgĩ’s first story get published?

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

3. When Ngũgĩ‘s brother held his hand in Chapter 74, Ngũgĩ said it was clear that he was his what?

4. What detective writer did Ngũgĩ begin to read and attempt to emulate in Chapter 50?

5. In court in Chapter 70, what fellow teacher did Ngũgĩ meet from Kahũguĩni?

Short Essay Questions

1. On the stand, Ngũgĩ says something from his Alliance days helped him. What is it?

2. What do Andrew Brockett and Ngũgĩ agree would reduce racial tensions?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Ngũgĩ describe Thĩmbĩgwa post?

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

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