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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Ngũgĩ share the top of the class after exams?
(a) Kenneth Wanjai and Leonard Mbũgua.
(b) Moses Gauthere and Kenneth Wanjai.
(c) Henry Chasia and Hiram Karani.
(d) Hiram Karani and Leonard Mbũgua.

2. Who did Ngũgĩ invite to Nairobi Saturday second semester?
(a) Edward Carey Francis.
(b) Johana Mwalwala.
(c) Joseph Kariuki.
(d) Leonard Mbugua.

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

4. During an English Lesson, Principal Smith guided students on the use of simple words claiming that who spoke simple English?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Moses.
(d) Shakespeare.

5. What first for Ngũgĩ is foreshadowed at the end of Chapter 22?
(a) Ngũgĩ’s first starring role.
(b) Ngũgĩ’s first bad grade.
(c) Ngũgĩ’s first date.
(d) Ngũgĩ’s first summons to the principal’s office.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the “leader” of Ngũgĩ’s three person cabal?

2. What was the name of the English teacher who took Ngũgĩ’s class on a tour of a real Englishmen’s house?

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

4. From where did Ngũgĩ hear of his brothers capture in Chapter 26?

5. What was the name of the music festival Ngũgĩ attended that was started by Alliance alum Henry Kuria?

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