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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Which friend did Ngũgĩ bump into and fail to convert in Chapter 35?
(a) Kenneth Wanjai.
(b) Kenneth Mbugwa.
(c) Igogo.
(d) E.K.

5. From where did Ngũgĩ return home in April 1955?
(a) Limuru.
(b) Makerere University.
(c) Alliance High School.
(d) Alliance University.

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

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

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

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

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

11. What schools in the American South were Alliance modeled first after?
(a) Tulane and Hampton.
(b) Tuskegee and Hampton.
(c) Tuskegee and Harvard.
(d) Yale and Harvard.

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

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

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

15. What is the title of Part II?
(a) A Tale of Conflicting Souls.
(b) A Tale of My Passport Screening.
(c) A Tale of Home and School.
(d) A Tale of Souls in Conflict.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother believe to have sacred and healing powers?

2. What was the AEMO charged with after the statement they put out following the March elections?

3. Who did Ngũgĩ invite to Nairobi Saturday second semester?

4. Who does Ngũgĩ say were equal to white teachers at Alliance?

5. What did Good Wallace tell Ngũgĩ to do to his uniform when he visited him during break?

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