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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As the focus of school shifted to preparing students for college, local knowledge was replaced by what at Alliance?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Literary education.
(c) Physics.
(d) Biology.

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

4. From which country did Ghana gain its independence in 1957?
(a) Italy.
(b) The United States.
(c) France.
(d) Britain.

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

6. Ngũgĩ was disappointed in much of the literature he read in school because it used which continent as a reference point?
(a) Africa.
(b) North America.
(c) Asia.
(d) Europe.

7. No longer a sanctuary or refuge, what metaphor does Ngũgĩ use to describe Alliance at the start of Chapter 32?
(a) Binoculars.
(b) Mirror.
(c) Glasses.
(d) Window.

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

9. What was the name of the music festival Ngũgĩ attended that was started by Alliance alum Henry Kuria?
(a) Coachella.
(b) Kiambu.
(c) Kuria Fest.
(d) Alliance Music Festival.

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

11. What did Good Wallace tell Ngũgĩ to do to his uniform when he visited him during break?
(a) Keep it clean.
(b) Sell it.
(c) Treasure it.
(d) Burn it.

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

13. In what annual performance did Ngũgĩ land the role of foot soldier?
(a) Henry IV, Part I.
(b) Henry IV, Part IX.
(c) Henry VII.
(d) King Lear.

14. From where did Ngũgĩ hear of his brothers capture in Chapter 26?
(a) Limuru.
(b) Makerere.
(c) Banana Hills.
(d) Nairobi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What image does Ngũgĩ use to describe his fear of British forces?

2. What first for Ngũgĩ is foreshadowed at the end of Chapter 22?

3. Whose refusal to drive Ngũgĩ and his friends back to school resulted in the boys being late?

4. What did Ngũgĩ use as a model for the new debate format at his school?

5. Which sport does Ngũgĩ say was his favorite as both spectator and participant?

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