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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose resignation from his Conservative prime ministership was the subject of a school assembly in November?
(a) Jonyo Kenyatta.
(b) Joseph Kariuki.
(c) Allan Ogot.
(d) Winston Churchill.

2. Which Princess did Ngũgĩ see with the Nairobi scouts in Chapter 34?
(a) Princess Kate.
(b) Princess Diana.
(c) Princess Margaret.
(d) Princess Elizabeth.

3. Why were government officials taking fingerprints at Alliance in Chapter 18?
(a) For passports.
(b) Nobody knows.
(c) To arrest students.
(d) To see who is Mau Mau.

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

5. With whom does Ngũgĩ share the top of the class after exams?
(a) Moses Gauthere and Kenneth Wanjai.
(b) Hiram Karani and Leonard Mbũgua.
(c) Henry Chasia and Hiram Karani.
(d) Kenneth Wanjai and Leonard Mbũgua.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the boys at Alliance call the girls at the Alliance school for girls?

2. What was the name of the music festival Ngũgĩ attended that was started by Alliance alum Henry Kuria?

3. What is the title of Part II?

4. What town do many Alliance students go to shop on Saturdays?

5. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother believe to have sacred and healing powers?

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