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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the focus of school shifted to preparing students for college, local knowledge was replaced by what at Alliance?
(a) Literary education.
(b) Biology.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Physics.

2. During the fight between The Bishop and The General, Ngũgĩ had a vision of a man of God holding what?
(a) The sun.
(b) A huge Bible.
(c) His hand.
(d) A cross.

3. What passage does Edward Carey Francis read in the midst of a downpour during a morning parade?
(a) Three Men in a Boat.
(b) Pilgrim’s Sacrifice.
(c) Pilgrim’s Progress.
(d) In the House of the Interpreter.

4. Which author inspired Ngũgĩ to write about his childhood?
(a) Washington.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Bronte.
(d) Holmes.

5. What wass the new word Ngũgĩ learned, which referred to the end of the world?
(a) Ecclesiastical.
(b) Apocalyptic.
(c) Historical.
(d) Eschatological.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did the landscape from the scouting event in Chapter 35 inspire?

2. Who does Ngũgĩ run into at a tailor shop in Kikuyi?

3. What is the name of the first full length play Ngũgĩ attended at Alliance?

4. The only time Ngũgĩ says he saw Edward Carey Francis “break” was when he did what in front of his friend, the Bishop?

5. What did Jonyo Kenyatta call Kenya?

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