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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 46- 56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ngũgĩ use as a model for the new debate format at his school?
(a) The classroom.
(b) Parliament.
(c) Congress.
(d) Shakespeare’s sonnets.

2. Who is the author of In the House of the Interpreter?
(a) Edward Carey Francis. .
(b) Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o.
(c) Kenneth Thiong’o
(d) Kenneth Wanjai.

3. What town do many Alliance students go to shop on Saturdays?
(a) Mbgũa.
(b) Kikuyi.
(c) Limuru.
(d) Kiambu.

4. What university’s opening lead to secondary schools becoming more focused on college prep?
(a) Kenya University.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Makere.

5. What word does Ngũgĩ use to describe Alliance High School?
(a) Encampment.
(b) Safe space.
(c) Prison.
(d) Sanctuary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the first section, which begins in 1955?

2. What does Ngũgĩ say he learned the power of from playing Chess?

3. Who were the British forces hunting down?

4. Which one of Ngũgĩ ‘s family members was arrested just before Christmas?

5. What passage does Edward Carey Francis read in the midst of a downpour during a morning parade?

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