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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the first section, which begins in 1955?
(a) A Tale of Home and School.
(b) A Tale of High School.
(c) A Tale of My Youth.
(d) A Tale of Two Cities.

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

3. During an English Lesson, Principal Smith guided students on the use of simple words claiming that who spoke simple English?
(a) Moses.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Shakespeare.

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

5. What did Ngũgĩ think might help quiet his spiritual doubts?
(a) Hearing God.
(b) Praying more.
(c) Converting one person.
(d) Seeing God.

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

7. What did teacher Joseph Kariuki introduce students to, which they began to memorize in the hopes of wooing girls?
(a) Shakespeare’s sonnets.
(b) Spirituals.
(c) Modern pop songs.
(d) Hamlet.

8. What metaphor does Ngũgĩ use to describe the racial conflict in Kenya?
(a) White monolith v. Black monolith.
(b) White lion v. Black panther.
(c) White Snow v. Black Ice.
(d) White colonists v. Black villager.

9. When Ngũgĩ returned from break in August, who did he find out had been detained?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His sister.

10. Which communities does Ngũgĩ say the passports were meant to tighten government control of in Chapter 22?
(a) Gĩkuyũ, Embu, and Limuru.
(b) Gĩkuyũ, Mau Mau, and Meru.
(c) Embu, Meru, Limuru.
(d) Gĩkuyũ, Embu, and Meru.

11. From whom did Ngũgĩ receive a long letter regarding whether one needed a license to write?
(a) Kenneth Wanjai.
(b) His brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) Kenneth Mbgũa.

12. In Chapter 37, what item did Ngũgĩ use as an analogy the first time he participated in a debate?
(a) Paper.
(b) Pen.
(c) Scissors.
(d) Pencil.

13. What was the punishment for returning to school late in Chapter 23?
(a) Writing an extra paper.
(b) Cutting the grass.
(c) Getting a license.
(d) Cleaning the bathrooms.

14. Who did British soldiers capture on October 21, 1956?
(a) Dedan Kamathu.
(b) Jonyo Kenyatta.
(c) Kimathi Dedo.
(d) Dedan Kimathi.

15. What university’s opening lead to secondary schools becoming more focused on college prep?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Makere.
(d) Kenya University.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who unexpectedly visited Ngũgĩ and his brother and mother in the field in Chapter 31?

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

3. What was the name of the English teacher who took Ngũgĩ’s class on a tour of a real Englishmen’s house?

4. From where did Ngũgĩ hear of his brothers capture in Chapter 26?

5. As the focus of school shifted to preparing students for college, local knowledge was replaced by what at Alliance?

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