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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who ruled Egypt during the Nationalization of the Suez Canal?
(a) Colonel Nasser.
(b) Dedan Kimathi.
(c) Colonel Matai.
(d) Jonyo Kenyatta.

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

3. 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.

4. Who replaced Anthony Eden as British Prime Minister?
(a) Winston MacMillan.
(b) Winston Churchill.
(c) Harold MacMillan.
(d) Harold Churchill.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Ngũgĩ use to describe the force that would try to tell him to slow down during a race?

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

3. Who were the British forces hunting down?

4. In Chapter 45, Ngũgĩ says that schools in Kenya were separate and what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why and when did the Saturday Evening paper begin and what did Ngũgĩ like about it?

2. What did Ngũgĩ learn happened to his mother while he was at school?

3. How did Ngũgĩ “pass” the screening in Limuru?

4. What are the big changes Ngũgĩ describes at the beginning of Chapter 32?

5. How does Ngũgĩ describe the homes of the loyal vs. those of the disloyal in Chapter 13?

6. What performance did Ngũgĩ help put on in Limuru and what were the two parts?

7. Who were the Acrossians and why were they called that?

8. Why was Ngũgĩ so happy to return home after first term exams?

9. Describe Ngũgĩ’s feelings about volunteering at Sunday School and the words or phrases he uses to express these feelings?

10. What is the significance of Ngũgĩ’s Alliance uniform when he saw Good Wallace. How did he feel? How did Good Wallace react?

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