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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-30.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who did British soldiers capture on October 21, 1956?
(a) Jonyo Kenyatta.
(b) Kimathi Dedo.
(c) Dedan Kamathu.
(d) Dedan Kimathi.
2. What is the name of the dorm prefect who wakes the students up with a quote?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Moses Griffin.
(c) Moses Gathere.
(d) P.R. Oades.
3. Government officials screened students at Alliance to ensure no student had pledged allegiance to whom?
(a) Edward Carey Francis.
(b) Mau Mau Guerillas.
(c) The Flag.
(d) British Colonists.
4. Why were government officials taking fingerprints at Alliance in Chapter 18?
(a) For passports.
(b) To see who is Mau Mau.
(c) To arrest students.
(d) Nobody knows.
5. As the focus of school shifted to preparing students for college, local knowledge was replaced by what at Alliance?
(a) Physics.
(b) Biology.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Literary education.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the name of the prison to which Ngũgĩ had to go to receive his final confirmation in Chapter 21?
2. Who was the “leader” of Ngũgĩ’s three person cabal?
3. From whom do Kenneth’s Wanjai and Leonard Mbũgua promise to protect Ngũgĩ during his first year at Alliance?
4. Who does Ngũgĩ think about while walking home at the beginning of the memoir?
5. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother suggest he do after he told of his ordeal being captured?
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