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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In regards to the play, what did Ngũgĩ say the “political theater onstage was mimicking” (96)?
(a) Dorm life.
(b) Life in the village.
(c) The politics of the school.
(d) The real theater of politics outside school gates.

2. Who was the new principal of Alliance in 1940?
(a) Edward Carey Francis.
(b) Francis Edwards.
(c) Carey Edwards.
(d) Frank Carey.

3. Who does Ngũgĩ run into at a tailor shop in Kikuyi?
(a) His mother.
(b) Kenneth Mbgũa.
(c) His sister.
(d) Igogo.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the name of the first full length play Ngũgĩ attended at Alliance?
(a) Maisha ni Nguva.
(b) Maisha ni Nani.
(c) Maisha ni Kiambu.
(d) Maisha ni Nini.

10. Who were the British forces hunting down?
(a) Mau Mau guerillas.
(b) White colonists.
(c) Alliance students.
(d) Escaped prisoners.

11. What is the name of the man who tells Ngũgĩ where to find his family in Chapter 1?
(a) Good Wallace.
(b) Mwangi.
(c) Kenneth.
(d) Charity.

12. Whose refusal to drive Ngũgĩ and his friends back to school resulted in the boys being late?
(a) Wanjai’s brother.
(b) Ngũgĩ’s mother.
(c) Wanjai’s father.
(d) Good Wallace.

13. What was the name of the prison to which Ngũgĩ had to go to receive his final confirmation in Chapter 21?
(a) Tigoni.
(b) Kamaruthu.
(c) Limuru.
(d) Gotini.

14. What passage does Edward Carey Francis read in the midst of a downpour during a morning parade?
(a) Pilgrim’s Progress.
(b) Pilgrim’s Sacrifice.
(c) In the House of the Interpreter.
(d) Three Men in a Boat.

15. In what year does Chapter 18 begin?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1952.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 45, Ngũgĩ recounted an important soccer game in which Alliance won against what team?

2. When the Russians launched Sputnik II, what animal was on it that caused outrage?

3. What town do many Alliance students go to shop on Saturdays?

4. What was the name of the evangelical speaker who so moved Ngũgĩ to accept Jesus?

5. With what white student was Ngũgĩ’s first social exchange?

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