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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. What first for Ngũgĩ is foreshadowed at the end of Chapter 22?
(a) Ngũgĩ’s first bad grade.
(b) Ngũgĩ’s first date.
(c) Ngũgĩ’s first starring role.
(d) Ngũgĩ’s first summons to the principal’s office.

5. Which Princess did Ngũgĩ see with the Nairobi scouts in Chapter 34?
(a) Princess Kate.
(b) Princess Diana.
(c) Princess Elizabeth.
(d) Princess Margaret.

6. With what white student was Ngũgĩ’s first social exchange?
(a) John Brockett.
(b) Andrew Brockett.
(c) Govinda.
(d) Andrew Carson.

7. What Billy Graham movie was screened at the school?
(a) Spirt of Heaven.
(b) Souls in Conflict.
(c) Souls in Heaven.
(d) Spiritual Conflicts.

8. In Chapter 1, what is the one thing left standing where Ngũgĩ’s home used to be?
(a) A pear tree.
(b) A banana tree.
(c) A mango tree.
(d) A fig tree.

9. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother believe to have sacred and healing powers?
(a) Roasted Potatoes.
(b) The Mugumo tree.
(c) Pears.
(d) Tea.

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

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

12. What image does Ngũgĩ use to describe his fear of British forces?
(a) Bears.
(b) Tigers.
(c) Bloodhounds.
(d) Lions.

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

14. What word does Ngũgĩ use to describe the force that would try to tell him to slow down during a race?
(a) Devils.
(b) Turtles.
(c) Villains.
(d) Demons.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Ngũgĩ say “had come to symbolize continuity despite the many changes in my life” (117)?

3. Ngũgĩ was disappointed in much of the literature he read in school because it used which continent as a reference point?

4. In what year does Chapter 18 begin?

5. What book did the landscape from the scouting event in Chapter 35 inspire?

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