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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which teacher does Ngũgĩ describe as the “most constant black presence” at Alliance (61)?

2. Who does Ngũgĩ run into at a tailor shop in Kikuyi?

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

4. Who was Ngũgĩ pleasantly surprised to find was the new chief when he went to the military post for his screening?

5. When Ngũgĩ returned from break in August, who did he find out had been detained?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what ways did Edward Carey Francis change the education model of Alliance?

3. Why is Charity arrested? What is she accused of doing? Does Ngũgĩ think she did it? Why or why not?

4. What did Ngũgĩ see at the event for Lord Baden Powell that he found most moving?

5. Describe Ngũgĩ’s friendship with Kenneth Mbgũa.

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

7. What is a memoir?

8. What did they learn of E.K. that gravely disappoints and ultimately disbands the cabal?

9. Ngũgĩ says that schools were separate and unequal, thus sports were the only way to compare abilities. What does he say the games between Alliance and other all white schools became a metaphor for?

10. Why does Ngũgĩ refer to Alliance as a sanctuary?

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