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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 45, Ngũgĩ recounted an important soccer game in which Alliance won against what team?
(a) Kĩnoo.
(b) Caledonians.
(c) Duke.
(d) Prince of Wales.

3. What was the name of the English teacher who took Ngũgĩ’s class on a tour of a real Englishmen’s house?
(a) Moses Gathere.
(b) P.R. Oades.
(c) Principal Smith.
(d) Edward Carey Francis.

4. Who does Ngũgĩ say were equal to white teachers at Alliance?
(a) The principal.
(b) Students.
(c) Nobody.
(d) African teachers.

5. When did Ngũgĩ begin school at Alliance?
(a) January, 1955.
(b) October, 1952.
(c) December, 1959.
(d) April, 1950.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What organization was formed soon after Ghana gained its independence?

4. How did Ngũgĩ get to his school?

5. What first for Ngũgĩ is foreshadowed at the end of Chapter 22?

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