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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would Ngũgĩ be screened by Government officials?
(a) Alliance.
(b) Nairobi.
(c) Limuru.
(d) Kikuyu.

2. What schools in the American South were Alliance modeled first after?
(a) Tuskegee and Hampton.
(b) Tuskegee and Harvard.
(c) Yale and Harvard.
(d) Tulane and Hampton.

3. Who did British soldiers capture on October 21, 1956?
(a) Jonyo Kenyatta.
(b) Dedan Kamathu.
(c) Kimathi Dedo.
(d) Dedan Kimathi.

4. From whom did Ngũgĩ receive a long letter regarding whether one needed a license to write?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) Kenneth Mbgũa.
(d) Kenneth Wanjai.

5. In what year was the Declaration of the state of Emergency in Kenya?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1922.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the punishment for returning to school late in Chapter 23?

3. What is the name of the first full length play Ngũgĩ attended at Alliance?

4. The opening of which college in 1948 meant that secondary schools began to shift their focus on preparing students for college?

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

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