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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 first full length play Ngũgĩ attended at Alliance?
(a) Maisha ni Nguva.
(b) Maisha ni Nani.
(c) Maisha ni Kiambu.
(d) Maisha ni Nini.

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

3. What metaphor does Ngũgĩ use to describe the racial conflict in Kenya?
(a) White colonists v. Black villager.
(b) White monolith v. Black monolith.
(c) White lion v. Black panther.
(d) White Snow v. Black Ice.

4. What did the boys at Alliance call the girls at the Alliance school for girls?
(a) Alliance ladies.
(b) Acrossians.
(c) Over the Meadows.
(d) Far-a-ways.

5. 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 My Youth.
(d) A Tale of Two Cities.

Short Answer Questions

1. The opening of which college in 1948 meant that secondary schools began to shift their focus on preparing students for college?

2. Which communities does Ngũgĩ say the passports were meant to tighten government control of in Chapter 22?

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

4. What was the punishment for returning to school late in Chapter 23?

5. Who did Ngũgĩ invite to Nairobi Saturday second semester?

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