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

2. In court in Chapter 70, what fellow teacher did Ngũgĩ meet from Kahũguĩni?
(a) Joseph.
(b) John.
(c) Edward.
(d) Allan.

3. In the story the old man told of his time as a freedom fighter, what was he carrying on the bus when it was stopped by police?
(a) A gun.
(b) A skull.
(c) A bloody arm.
(d) A briefcase full of money.

4. After Good Wallace told Ngũgĩ he would go to court on Monday, what was he disappointed to discover Monday was?
(a) A public holiday.
(b) His graduation.
(c) Cleaning Day.
(d) The Judge’s Birthday.

5. What are the names Ngũgĩ gives to the two European teachers in Chapter 47?
(a) The General and the Villager.
(b) The King and the Queen.
(c) The Bishop and The General.
(d) The Bishop and the Pawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What post are Ngũgĩ and the other captives taken to first in Chapter 60?

2. What was the name of the ex-chief about whose courage the older and younger prisoners disagree in Chapter 63?

3. After Mr. Rifleman lied on the stand, what words of his mother did Ngũgĩ recall?

4. Who did Ngũgĩ meet and discuss religion with at a gathering at a fellow teacher’s house in Chapter 67?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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