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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jonyo Kenyatta call Kenya?
(a) The Land of Kenyatta.
(b) The Land of Conflicted Souls.
(c) A Soul in Conflict.
(d) A Land of Conflict.

2. Which teacher does Ngũgĩ describe as the “most constant black presence” at Alliance (61)?
(a) Joseph Kariuki.
(b) Jonyo Kariuki.
(c) Kenneth Kariuki.
(d) Jonyo Kenyatta.

3. From whom do Kenneth’s Wanjai and Leonard Mbũgua promise to protect Ngũgĩ during his first year at Alliance?
(a) Bullies.
(b) Mean teachers.
(c) Girls.
(d) The principal.

4. What purchase restores Ngũgĩ’s pride in Kikuyi?
(a) Candy.
(b) New clothes.
(c) Lunch.
(d) A book.

5. With whom does Ngũgĩ share the top of the class after exams?
(a) Kenneth Wanjai and Leonard Mbũgua.
(b) Moses Gauthere and Kenneth Wanjai.
(c) Henry Chasia and Hiram Karani.
(d) Hiram Karani and Leonard Mbũgua.

Short Answer Questions

1. Government officials screened students at Alliance to ensure no student had pledged allegiance to whom?

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

3. What town do many Alliance students go to shop on Saturdays?

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

5. From whom did Ngũgĩ receive a long letter regarding whether one needed a license to write?

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