In the House of the Interpreter Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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In the House of the Interpreter Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 63-75.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the English teacher who took Ngũgĩ’s class on a tour of a real Englishmen’s house?
(a) Moses Gathere.
(b) Edward Carey Francis.
(c) Principal Smith.
(d) P.R. Oades.

2. Who did Ngũgĩ’s friend Kimani want to talk about constantly?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Kenneth.
(c) Dale Carnegie.
(d) Himself.

3. The opening of which college in 1948 meant that secondary schools began to shift their focus on preparing students for college?
(a) Makere.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Alliance.

4. What did Ngũgĩ do when they returned to camp in Chapter 47?
(a) He hid.
(b) He left.
(c) He slept.
(d) He prayed.

5. What did Ngũgĩ say “had come to symbolize continuity despite the many changes in my life” (117)?
(a) His sister’s tea.
(b) His mother’s roasted potatoes.
(c) His bed.
(d) His father’s presence.

Short Answer Questions

1. As he embarked on his literary journey, Ngũgĩ found discomfort with the ways which people were depicted?

2. Which sport does Ngũgĩ say was his favorite as both spectator and participant?

3. What was Ngũgĩ having doubts about when he began reading Albert Schweitzer?

4. Where did Ngũgĩ’s first story get published?

5. In the story the old man told in Chapter 63, where was the ex-chief banished to?

(see the answer key)

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