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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 15 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the first section, which begins in 1955?
(a) A Tale of High School.
(b) A Tale of Two Cities.
(c) A Tale of My Youth.
(d) A Tale of Home and School.

2. What did Ngũgĩ discover when he arrived at his home in the beginning of the memoir?
(a) His sister had a baby
(b) It is nothing but rubble.
(c) His mother has made him a special dinner. .
(d) His brother has returned.

3. Who were the British forces hunting down?
(a) Alliance students.
(b) Mau Mau guerillas.
(c) White colonists.
(d) Escaped prisoners.

4. What was the name of the music festival Ngũgĩ attended that was started by Alliance alum Henry Kuria?
(a) Alliance Music Festival.
(b) Kiambu.
(c) Kuria Fest.
(d) Coachella.

5. What does Edward Carey Francis read that Ngũgĩ uses to describe his “magic as a reader” (46)?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Pilgrim’s Progress.
(c) Three Men in a Boat.
(d) Three Dogs in a Boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of In the House of the Interpreter?

2. Which of Ngũgĩ’s family members worked at European owned tea estates?

3. With whom does Ngũgĩ share the top of the class after exams?

4. In Chapter 1, what is the one thing left standing where Ngũgĩ’s home used to be?

5. Who does Ngũgĩ say were equal to white teachers at Alliance?

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