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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 15 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word does Ngũgĩ use to describe Alliance High School?
(a) Encampment.
(b) Prison.
(c) Safe space.
(d) Sanctuary.

3. How did Ngũgĩ get to his school?
(a) By bus.
(b) Smuggled on a goods train.
(c) His parents drove him.
(d) Airplane.

4. With whom did Ngũgĩ travel by train to Limuru?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) Kenneth Wanjai.

5. From whom do Kenneth’s Wanjai and Leonard Mbũgua promise to protect Ngũgĩ during his first year at Alliance?
(a) Mean teachers.
(b) Girls.
(c) The principal.
(d) Bullies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the British forces hunting down?

2. What purchase restores Ngũgĩ’s pride in Kikuyi?

3. When did Ngũgĩ begin school at Alliance?

4. Who does Ngũgĩ say were equal to white teachers at Alliance?

5. In Chapter 1, what is the one thing left standing where Ngũgĩ’s home used to be?

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