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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 did the boys at Alliance call the girls at the Alliance school for girls?
(a) Over the Meadows.
(b) Acrossians.
(c) Far-a-ways.
(d) Alliance ladies.

2. Which of Ngũgĩ’s family members worked at European owned tea estates?
(a) His mother and Njoki.
(b) Njoki and Charity.
(c) His mother and Charity.
(d) His brothers.

3. Who did Ngũgĩ invite to Nairobi Saturday second semester?
(a) Joseph Kariuki.
(b) Edward Carey Francis.
(c) Johana Mwalwala.
(d) Leonard Mbugua.

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

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 word does Ngũgĩ use to describe Alliance High School?

2. Who was Ngũgĩ pleasantly surprised to find was the new chief when he went to the military post for his screening?

3. What is the name of Ngũgĩ’s new home village?

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

5. From where did Ngũgĩ return home in April 1955?

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