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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 57- 62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What metaphor does Ngũgĩ use to describe the racial conflict in Kenya?
(a) White colonists v. Black villager.
(b) White Snow v. Black Ice.
(c) White lion v. Black panther.
(d) White monolith v. Black monolith.

2. What Billy Graham movie was screened at the school?
(a) Spirt of Heaven.
(b) Souls in Heaven.
(c) Souls in Conflict.
(d) Spiritual Conflicts.

3. What is the title of Part II?
(a) A Tale of My Passport Screening.
(b) A Tale of Conflicting Souls.
(c) A Tale of Souls in Conflict.
(d) A Tale of Home and School.

4. In Chapter 45, Ngũgĩ recounted an important soccer game in which Alliance won against what team?
(a) Duke.
(b) Caledonians.
(c) Prince of Wales.
(d) Kĩnoo.

5. From where did Ngũgĩ hear of his brothers capture in Chapter 26?
(a) Makerere.
(b) Nairobi.
(c) Limuru.
(d) Banana Hills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the newspaper students read aloud each week in the Alliance Dining Hall?

2. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother suggest he do after he told of his ordeal being captured?

3. In regards to the play, what did Ngũgĩ say the “political theater onstage was mimicking” (96)?

4. From what school was Johnny the Red a graduate?

5. What did Jonyo Kenyatta call Kenya?

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