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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Ngũgĩ say he learned the power of from playing Chess?
(a) The pawn.
(b) King.
(c) Bishops.
(d) Knights.

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

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

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

7. Why were government officials taking fingerprints at Alliance in Chapter 18?
(a) To see who is Mau Mau.
(b) To arrest students.
(c) Nobody knows.
(d) For passports.

8. Who did Ngũgĩ invite to Nairobi Saturday second semester?
(a) Johana Mwalwala.
(b) Edward Carey Francis.
(c) Leonard Mbugua.
(d) Joseph Kariuki.

9. In Chapter 35, Ngũgĩ describes a memorable scouting experience in which people of all races joined together to celebrate the life of whom?
(a) Jonyo Kenyatta.
(b) Good Wallace.
(c) Lord Carey Francis.
(d) Lord Baden Powell.

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

11. What was the name of the newspaper students read aloud each week in the Alliance Dining Hall?
(a) The Weekly Update.
(b) Kenya Weekly.
(c) The Saturday Evening Post.
(d) The Saturday Evening Paper.

12. Where does Ngũgĩ say he found refuge at the start of Chapter 43?
(a) His dorm room.
(b) The Sunday School chapel.
(c) Books.
(d) His classroom.

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

14. Who was the first President of Kenya?
(a) Jonyo Kenyatta.
(b) Jonyo Mau Mau.
(c) Joseph Kenyatta.
(d) Joseph Kariuki.

15. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother suggest he do after he told of his ordeal being captured?
(a) Stop coming home between breaks.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Join the Mau Mau fighters.
(d) Quit school.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. No longer a sanctuary or refuge, what metaphor does Ngũgĩ use to describe Alliance at the start of Chapter 32?

3. Where would Ngũgĩ be screened by Government officials?

4. What does Ngũgĩ do when he finds his family in Chapter 1?

5. What was the name of the music festival Ngũgĩ attended that was started by Alliance alum Henry Kuria?

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