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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Ngũgĩ returned from break in August, who did he find out had been detained?
(a) His brother.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

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

4. In what annual performance did Ngũgĩ land the role of foot soldier?
(a) Henry IV, Part I.
(b) Henry IV, Part IX.
(c) Henry VII.
(d) King Lear.

5. Why was Ngũgĩ’s friend let go and Ngũgĩ was made to stay captive in Chapter 24?
(a) He knews the guard.
(b) He bribed them.
(c) He was Mtaita.
(d) He ran away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the special Saturday when students are allowed to leave the school all day?

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

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

4. From whom did Ngũgĩ receive a long letter regarding whether one needed a license to write?

5. When did Ngũgĩ begin school at Alliance?

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