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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 came with Good Wallace to visit Ngũgĩ in prison in Chapter 59?
(a) Joseph Kabae.
(b) His mother.
(c) Njoki.
(d) Charity.

2. On the stand, Ngũgĩ says he feels the power of what?
(a) God.
(b) Telling the truth.
(c) Imperialism.
(d) The officers.

3. During the fight between The Bishop and The General, Ngũgĩ had a vision of a man of God holding what?
(a) A huge Bible.
(b) A cross.
(c) His hand.
(d) The sun.

4. Where did Ngũgĩ’s first story get published?
(a) His own book.
(b) A short story collection.
(c) The local newspaper.
(d) His school magazine.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 56, when Carey Francis gave Ngũgĩ his certificate, what did he tell Ngũgĩ not to become?

4. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother often say the longest nights always end with?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ngũgĩ describe Thĩmbĩgwa post?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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