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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 name of the dorm prefect who wakes the students up with a quote?
(a) Moses Griffin.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) P.R. Oades.
(d) Moses Gathere.

2. What was the name of the music festival Ngũgĩ attended that was started by Alliance alum Henry Kuria?
(a) Coachella.
(b) Kiambu.
(c) Alliance Music Festival.
(d) Kuria Fest.

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

4. When Ngũgĩ returned from break in August, who did he find out had been detained?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the special Saturday when students are allowed to leave the school all day?

3. What did Jonyo Kenyatta call Kenya?

4. What is the title of Part II?

5. In regards to the play, what did Ngũgĩ say the “political theater onstage was mimicking” (96)?

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