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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 court in Chapter 70, what fellow teacher did Ngũgĩ meet from Kahũguĩni?
2. Who was Ngũgĩ’s friend who worked with him on the Christmas pageant in Chapter 53?
3. After Mr. Rifleman lied on the stand, what words of his mother did Ngũgĩ recall?
4. What was the subject of the fight between The Bishop and The General?
5. On the stand, Ngũgĩ says he feels the power of what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Ngũgĩ know the Akamba people prior to volunteering to build them a community center?
2. When Good Wallace visited Ngũgĩ on Sunday, alone this time, what did he tell him that made him feel hopeful? was it true?
3. What good news was Ngũgĩ bringing home to Limuru when he was stopped on the bus?
4. How does Ngũgĩ describe Thĩmbĩgwa post?
5. What did Ngũgĩ and Johnny the Red have in common?
6. Who did Ngũgĩ, Joshua, and Nicodemus encounter when they were walking back from Limuru and what did she say?
7. What does Ngũgĩ mean when he says that Alliance did not divide Africans across racial lines?
8. Describe the fight between The Bishop and The General.
9. What did Ngũgĩ find in common with Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights?
10. To keep their minds off of the things, what did the prisoners do that made the day go by faster according to Ngũgĩ?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Write a short essay on the teacher, Joseph Kariuki and his significance to the story. Why was he an important figure at Alliance? What made him different?
Essay Topic 3
Upon returning to school after the second break, Ngũgĩ describes Alliance as “shelter” but no longer uses the word “sanctuary.” Write a short essay on why you think this changes.
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