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

2. What is the name of the special Saturday when students are allowed to leave the school all day?
(a) Limuru Day.
(b) Nairobi Fest.
(c) Kikuyi Saturday.
(d) Nairobi Saturday.

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

4. What first for Ngũgĩ is foreshadowed at the end of Chapter 22?
(a) Ngũgĩ’s first starring role.
(b) Ngũgĩ’s first summons to the principal’s office.
(c) Ngũgĩ’s first bad grade.
(d) Ngũgĩ’s first date.

5. What does Edward Carey Francis read that Ngũgĩ uses to describe his “magic as a reader” (46)?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Three Dogs in a Boat.
(c) Pilgrim’s Progress.
(d) Three Men in a Boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where did Ngũgĩ hear of his brothers capture in Chapter 26?

2. Why were government officials taking fingerprints at Alliance in Chapter 18?

3. Whose refusal to drive Ngũgĩ and his friends back to school resulted in the boys being late?

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

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

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