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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the AEMO charged with after the statement they put out following the March elections?
(a) Treason.
(b) Conspiracy.
(c) Murder.
(d) Defamation.

2. For what holiday did Ngũgĩ help the Limuru youth put on a performance?
(a) New Year’s
(b) Christmas.
(c) Easter.
(d) Thanksgiving.

3. How did Ngũgĩ get to his school?
(a) By bus.
(b) His parents drove him.
(c) Airplane.
(d) Smuggled on a goods train.

4. Who was Ngũgĩ pleasantly surprised to find was the new chief when he went to the military post for his screening?
(a) His brother.
(b) Fred Mbugua.
(c) Kenneth Mbugua.
(d) His father.

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

6. What does Edward Carey Francis read that Ngũgĩ uses to describe his “magic as a reader” (46)?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Pilgrim’s Progress.
(c) Three Men in a Boat.
(d) Three Dogs in a Boat.

7. With whom does Ngũgĩ share the top of the class after exams?
(a) Henry Chasia and Hiram Karani.
(b) Moses Gauthere and Kenneth Wanjai.
(c) Hiram Karani and Leonard Mbũgua.
(d) Kenneth Wanjai and Leonard Mbũgua.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What was the name of the evangelical speaker who so moved Ngũgĩ to accept Jesus?
(a) David Martin.
(b) Billy Martin.
(c) David Graham.
(d) Billy Graham.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What metaphor does Ngũgĩ use to describe the racial conflict in Kenya?

3. What is the title of Part II?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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