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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Billy Graham movie was screened at the school?
(a) Souls in Conflict.
(b) Spirt of Heaven.
(c) Souls in Heaven.
(d) Spiritual Conflicts.

2. What did Good Wallace tell Ngũgĩ to do to his uniform when he visited him during break?
(a) Burn it.
(b) Keep it clean.
(c) Sell it.
(d) Treasure it.

3. What was the punishment for returning to school late in Chapter 23?
(a) Writing an extra paper.
(b) Cleaning the bathrooms.
(c) Cutting the grass.
(d) Getting a license.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ngũgĩ was disappointed in much of the literature he read in school because it used which continent as a reference point?

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

3. Which sport does Ngũgĩ say was his favorite as both spectator and participant?

4. What school did Ngũgĩ and his friends get a tour of and have tea in Chapter 23?

5. In Chapter 37, what item did Ngũgĩ use as an analogy the first time he participated in a debate?

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