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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 57- 62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the subject of the fight between The Bishop and The General?
(a) How to pitch a tent.
(b) Mau Mau Guerilla fighters and the government.
(c) Why the other volunteer left.
(d) Ngũgĩ.

2. When Ngũgĩ and his friends met an old lady on their return home, what did Ngũgĩ tell her about his friends?
(a) They were Mtai.
(b) They were from Alliance.
(c) They were Luo.
(d) They were students.

3. Where did Ngũgĩ’s first story get published?
(a) His own book.
(b) The local newspaper.
(c) His school magazine.
(d) A short story collection.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did teacher Joseph Kariuki introduce students to, which they began to memorize in the hopes of wooing girls?

2. From whom do Kenneth’s Wanjai and Leonard Mbũgua promise to protect Ngũgĩ during his first year at Alliance?

3. What did Jonyo Kenyatta call Kenya?

4. What book did Ngũgĩ read that depicted an image of an African woman as evil?

5. During an English Lesson, Principal Smith guided students on the use of simple words claiming that who spoke simple English?

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