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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Ngũgĩ’s friend who worked with him on the Christmas pageant in Chapter 53?

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

4. Who was the first to challenge Ngũgĩ when he became dorm prefect in Chapter 48?

5. After pleading not guilty, what was the prosecution unable to produce in order for proceedings to begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write about Ngũgĩ’s literary journey discussed in Chapter 59. What books and authors impacted him and how?

Essay Topic 2

Ngũgĩ discusses how his teachers at Alliance were both white and Black and were seen as equals. Research the effects on students of having a teacher body that is representative of the students race and gender.

Essay Topic 3

Define memoir and discuss why it is used for this type of story.

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