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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. Who did Ngũgĩ plan to tell first about this acceptance to Makerere?
(a) Kenneth.
(b) His mother.
(c) Good Wallace.
(d) Charity.

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

3. In Chapter 56, when Carey Francis gave Ngũgĩ his certificate, what did he tell Ngũgĩ not to become?
(a) A principal.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A Mau Mau.
(d) A politician.

4. With what association does Ngũgĩ volunteer after his first volunteer experience?
(a) The Nairobi Youth Hostel Association.
(b) The Kenya Youth Hostel Association.
(c) The Mutonguini Hostel Association.
(d) Youth Hostels of America.

5. The old woman responded to Ngũgĩ by saying, “We are all children of” whom on page 158?
(a) God.
(b) Africa.
(c) Kenya.
(d) Earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 49, what group did Ngũgĩ say he joined because of his interest in different communities?

2. 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?

3. What wass the new word Ngũgĩ learned, which referred to the end of the world?

4. What did Ngũgĩ say that Edward Carey Francis' final School Assembly speech represented?

5. Where was Ngũgĩ headed to when his bus was stopped by police in Chapter 57?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. When Good Wallace and Kabae visited him at Thĩmbĩgwa, what did Ngũgĩ remember of his last meeting with Good Wallace?

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

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