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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 46- 56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the boys at Alliance call the girls at the Alliance school for girls?
(a) Acrossians.
(b) Over the Meadows.
(c) Alliance ladies.
(d) Far-a-ways.

2. For whom did they build a community center when at Camp Mutonguini?
(a) The King.
(b) The Mau Mau.
(c) The Mtai.
(d) The Akamba.

3. 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) Treasure it.
(d) Sell it.

4. In Chapter 56, when Carey Francis gave Ngũgĩ his certificate, what did he tell Ngũgĩ not to become?
(a) A police officer.
(b) A Mau Mau.
(c) A principal.
(d) A politician.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ngũgĩ think might help quiet his spiritual doubts?

2. How many white volunteers were there at Camp Mutonguini with Ngũgĩ?

3. In Chapter 49, what group did Ngũgĩ say he joined because of his interest in different communities?

4. Who is the author of In the House of the Interpreter?

5. What is the title of the first section, which begins in 1955?

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