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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 book does math teacher Peter Abrahams hold which intrigues Ngũgĩ?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Freedom Fighters.
(c) Tell Freedom.
(d) Go Tell it on the Mountain.

2. What book did the landscape from the scouting event in Chapter 35 inspire?
(a) The Chanua and Me.
(b) Between Two Rivers.
(c) In the River Between.
(d) The Chanua River.

3. What did Jonyo Kenyatta call Kenya?
(a) A Land of Conflict.
(b) A Soul in Conflict.
(c) The Land of Conflicted Souls.
(d) The Land of Kenyatta.

4. Government officials screened students at Alliance to ensure no student had pledged allegiance to whom?
(a) British Colonists.
(b) Edward Carey Francis.
(c) Mau Mau Guerillas.
(d) The Flag.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what annual performance did Ngũgĩ land the role of foot soldier?

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

3. In regards to the play, what did Ngũgĩ say the “political theater onstage was mimicking” (96)?

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

5. What university’s opening lead to secondary schools becoming more focused on college prep?

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