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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Ngũgĩ travel by train to Limuru?
(a) His brother.
(b) His father.
(c) Kenneth Wanjai.
(d) His mother.

2. What is the name of the dorm prefect who wakes the students up with a quote?
(a) Moses Gathere.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) P.R. Oades.
(d) Moses Griffin.

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

4. Why was Ngũgĩ’s friend let go and Ngũgĩ was made to stay captive in Chapter 24?
(a) He knews the guard.
(b) He was Mtaita.
(c) He bribed them.
(d) He ran away.

5. Who is the author of In the House of the Interpreter?
(a) Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o.
(b) Kenneth Wanjai.
(c) Edward Carey Francis. .
(d) Kenneth Thiong’o

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would Ngũgĩ be screened by Government officials?

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

3. Which communities does Ngũgĩ say the passports were meant to tighten government control of in Chapter 22?

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

5. How did Ngũgĩ get to his school?

(see the answer key)

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