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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 purchase restores Ngũgĩ’s pride in Kikuyi?
(a) A book.
(b) Lunch.
(c) New clothes.
(d) Candy.

2. What was the name of the prison to which Ngũgĩ had to go to receive his final confirmation in Chapter 21?
(a) Gotini.
(b) Limuru.
(c) Tigoni.
(d) Kamaruthu.

3. As the focus of school shifted to preparing students for college, local knowledge was replaced by what at Alliance?
(a) Literary education.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Physics.
(d) Biology.

4. What image does Ngũgĩ use to describe his fear of British forces?
(a) Bloodhounds.
(b) Lions.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Bears.

5. What was the name of the evangelical speaker who so moved Ngũgĩ to accept Jesus?
(a) David Martin.
(b) David Graham.
(c) Billy Martin.
(d) Billy Graham.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why were government officials taking fingerprints at Alliance in Chapter 18?

4. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother make for his friends when they visited in Chapter 23?

5. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother suggest he do after he told of his ordeal being captured?

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