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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the “leader” of Ngũgĩ’s three person cabal?
(a) Elijah Omange.
(b) Joseph Kahnoki.
(c) Elijah Kahnoki.
(d) Joseph Omange.

2. In what year was the Declaration of the state of Emergency in Kenya?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1952.

3. Which of Ngũgĩ’s family members worked at European owned tea estates?
(a) His mother and Charity.
(b) His brothers.
(c) His mother and Njoki.
(d) Njoki and Charity.

4. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother make for his friends when they visited in Chapter 23?
(a) Mashed potatoes.
(b) Pear Jam.
(c) Roasted yams.
(d) Roasted potatoes.

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

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

7. From where did Ngũgĩ return home in April 1955?
(a) Makerere University.
(b) Alliance High School.
(c) Limuru.
(d) Alliance University.

8. What town do many Alliance students go to shop on Saturdays?
(a) Kiambu.
(b) Kikuyi.
(c) Limuru.
(d) Mbgũa.

9. Who does Ngũgĩ say were equal to white teachers at Alliance?
(a) African teachers.
(b) Nobody.
(c) The principal.
(d) Students.

10. What is the name of Ngũgĩ’s new home village?
(a) Mau Mau.
(b) Kamirithu.
(c) Nairobi.
(d) Kikuyi.

11. What is the name of the special Saturday when students are allowed to leave the school all day?
(a) Limuru Day.
(b) Nairobi Fest.
(c) Kikuyi Saturday.
(d) Nairobi Saturday.

12. What did Ngũgĩ discover when he arrived at his home in the beginning of the memoir?
(a) His sister had a baby
(b) His brother has returned.
(c) It is nothing but rubble.
(d) His mother has made him a special dinner. .

13. What word does Ngũgĩ use to describe Alliance High School?
(a) Sanctuary.
(b) Prison.
(c) Safe space.
(d) Encampment.

14. In Chapter 45, Ngũgĩ says that schools in Kenya were separate and what?
(a) Unequal.
(b) Far apart.
(c) Similar.
(d) Equal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name Ngũgĩ gave to the officer he met at Tigoni in Chapter 21?

2. Which one of Ngũgĩ ‘s family members was arrested just before Christmas?

3. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother suggest he do after he told of his ordeal being captured?

4. What did the boys at Alliance call the girls at the Alliance school for girls?

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

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