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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Ngũgĩ s dream in Chapter 64, where was Ngũgĩ banished to?
2. From whom was the letter John the teacher gave to Ngũgĩ in Chapter 73?
3. Who did Ngũgĩ’s friend Kimani want to talk about constantly?
4. Who did Ngũgĩ plan to tell first about this acceptance to Makerere?
5. What did Ngũgĩ’s first challenger as dorm prefect do in the dorm, which was against the rules?
Short Essay Questions
1. To keep their minds off of the things, what did the prisoners do that made the day go by faster according to Ngũgĩ?
2. What does Ngũgĩ mean when he says that Alliance did not divide Africans across racial lines?
3. What is Ngũgĩ doing at the end of the story?
4. How does Ngũgĩ describe Thĩmbĩgwa post?
5. On the stand, Ngũgĩ says something from his Alliance days helped him. What is it?
6. What did Ngũgĩ find in common with Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights?
7. When Good Wallace visited Ngũgĩ on Sunday, alone this time, what did he tell him that made him feel hopeful? was it true?
8. What was the letter that John gave to Ngũgĩ, and what did it mean to him?
9. Describe Ngũgĩ’s first visit to the school library.
10. What did Ngũgĩ and Johnny the Red have in common?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Ngũgĩ ‘s tone when describing villagization? Use examples of word choice to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 2
What does Ngũgĩ mean when he says “the immortality of literary creations” (66) in Part II? What author and scenario is he discussing at the time?
Essay Topic 3
Write a short essay on the use of imagery in In the House of the Interpreter. Consider words like bloodhounds, pear tree, fortress, sanctuary. What do they mean in the context of the story? What feelings do these words evoke? Is it effective? Why or Why Not?
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