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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Ngũgĩ begin school at Alliance?
(a) October, 1952.
(b) December, 1959.
(c) April, 1950.
(d) January, 1955.

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

3. Who was Ngũgĩ pleasantly surprised to find was the new chief when he went to the military post for his screening?
(a) Kenneth Mbugua.
(b) His father.
(c) Fred Mbugua.
(d) His brother.

4. In what year does Chapter 18 begin?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1956.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name Ngũgĩ gave to the officer he met at Tigoni in Chapter 21?

2. What is the name of the man who tells Ngũgĩ where to find his family in Chapter 1?

3. What town do many Alliance students go to shop on Saturdays?

4. What Billy Graham movie was screened at the school?

5. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother make for his friends when they visited in Chapter 23?

(see the answer key)

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