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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the first section, which begins in 1955?
(a) A Tale of Home and School.
(b) A Tale of High School.
(c) A Tale of Two Cities.
(d) A Tale of My Youth.

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

3. What book does math teacher Peter Abrahams hold which intrigues Ngũgĩ?
(a) Tell Freedom.
(b) Freedom Fighters.
(c) Go Tell it on the Mountain.
(d) The Bible.

4. What does Ngũgĩ do when he finds his family in Chapter 1?
(a) He makes them dinner.
(b) He urges them to flee..
(c) He brags about his school
(d) He takes off his uniform and helps them build their new home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ngũgĩ get to his school?

2. What schools in the American South were Alliance modeled first after?

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

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

5. During an English Lesson, Principal Smith guided students on the use of simple words claiming that who spoke simple English?

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