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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 did Ngũgĩ discover when he arrived at his home in the beginning of the memoir?
(a) His brother has returned.
(b) His sister had a baby
(c) It is nothing but rubble.
(d) His mother has made him a special dinner. .

2. What passage does Edward Carey Francis read in the midst of a downpour during a morning parade?
(a) Pilgrim’s Progress.
(b) Three Men in a Boat.
(c) Pilgrim’s Sacrifice.
(d) In the House of the Interpreter.

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

4. Who does Ngũgĩ think about while walking home at the beginning of the memoir?
(a) His friend Kenneth.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) His teachers.
(d) His brother Good Wallace.

5. What was the name of the English teacher who took Ngũgĩ’s class on a tour of a real Englishmen’s house?
(a) P.R. Oades.
(b) Moses Gathere.
(c) Edward Carey Francis.
(d) Principal Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What town do many Alliance students go to shop on Saturdays?

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

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

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

5. From whom did Ngũgĩ receive a long letter regarding whether one needed a license to write?

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