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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31 - 45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which teacher does Ngũgĩ describe as the “most constant black presence” at Alliance (61)?
(a) Jonyo Kenyatta.
(b) Kenneth Kariuki.
(c) Jonyo Kariuki.
(d) Joseph Kariuki.

2. What Shakespearean play did they perform in Chapter 40 which Ngũgĩ says showed him the magic of theater?
(a) A Midsummer’s Night Dream.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Henry IV.

3. What school did Ngũgĩ and his friends get a tour of and have tea in Chapter 23?
(a) Loreto Girls’ School.
(b) Alliance Girls’ School.
(c) Kamarithu School for Girls.
(d) Limuru Girls’ School.

4. Where does Ngũgĩ say he found refuge at the start of Chapter 43?
(a) His classroom.
(b) His dorm room.
(c) Books.
(d) The Sunday School chapel.

5. Who was the new principal of Alliance in 1940?
(a) Carey Edwards.
(b) Francis Edwards.
(c) Edward Carey Francis.
(d) Frank Carey.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Russians launched Sputnik II, what animal was on it that caused outrage?

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

3. What was the name of the prison to which Ngũgĩ had to go to receive his final confirmation in Chapter 21?

4. How did Ngũgĩ get to his school?

5. What is the title of the first section, which begins in 1955?

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