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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Government officials screened students at Alliance to ensure no student had pledged allegiance to whom?
(a) British Colonists.
(b) The Flag.
(c) Mau Mau Guerillas.
(d) Edward Carey Francis.

2. Who does Ngũgĩ think about while walking home at the beginning of the memoir?
(a) His brother Good Wallace.
(b) His teachers.
(c) His friend Kenneth.
(d) His girlfriend.

3. Which one of Ngũgĩ ‘s family members was arrested just before Christmas?
(a) Charity.
(b) Ngũgĩ.
(c) Ngũgĩ‘s mother.
(d) Njoki.

4. Who was Ngũgĩ pleasantly surprised to find was the new chief when he went to the military post for his screening?
(a) Kenneth Mbugua.
(b) Fred Mbugua.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

5. The opening of which college in 1948 meant that secondary schools began to shift their focus on preparing students for college?
(a) Makere.
(b) Alliance.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Oxford.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Ngũgĩ’s new home village?

2. What is the name of the man who tells Ngũgĩ where to find his family in Chapter 1?

3. Who did Ngũgĩ invite to Nairobi Saturday second semester?

4. What purchase restores Ngũgĩ’s pride in Kikuyi?

5. What word does Ngũgĩ use to describe Alliance High School?

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