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

2. Who unexpectedly visited Ngũgĩ and his brother and mother in the field in Chapter 31?
(a) His father.
(b) Edward Carey Francis.
(c) Joseph Kariuki.
(d) Allan Ogot.

3. What was the name of the newspaper students read aloud each week in the Alliance Dining Hall?
(a) The Saturday Evening Paper.
(b) The Saturday Evening Post.
(c) The Weekly Update.
(d) Kenya Weekly.

4. What passage does Edward Carey Francis read in the midst of a downpour during a morning parade?
(a) In the House of the Interpreter.
(b) Pilgrim’s Progress.
(c) Pilgrim’s Sacrifice.
(d) Three Men in a Boat.

5. Who is the author of In the House of the Interpreter?
(a) Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o.
(b) Edward Carey Francis. .
(c) Kenneth Wanjai.
(d) Kenneth Thiong’o

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Ngũgĩ begin school at Alliance?

3. With what white student was Ngũgĩ’s first social exchange?

4. Who does Ngũgĩ say were equal to white teachers at Alliance?

5. Who ruled Egypt during the Nationalization of the Suez Canal?

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