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

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

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

4. What is the name of the special Saturday when students are allowed to leave the school all day?
(a) Kikuyi Saturday.
(b) Limuru Day.
(c) Nairobi Saturday.
(d) Nairobi Fest.

5. Where does Ngũgĩ say he found refuge at the start of Chapter 43?
(a) Books.
(b) His classroom.
(c) His dorm room.
(d) The Sunday School chapel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 37, what item did Ngũgĩ use as an analogy the first time he participated in a debate?

3. What Shakespearean play did they perform in Chapter 40 which Ngũgĩ says showed him the magic of theater?

4. What passage does Edward Carey Francis read in the midst of a downpour during a morning parade?

5. In regards to the play, what did Ngũgĩ say the “political theater onstage was mimicking” (96)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ngũgĩ define villagization?

2. What is a memoir?

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

4. What does Ngũgĩ unsuccessfully attempt to do as part of his spiritual journey, which E.K. seems to do with great success?

5. What descriptive words does Ngũgĩ use to show the reader what his home looks like upon his first return?

6. In what ways does Ngũgĩ say Alliance used schools of the American South as a model when it first opened?

7. Describe the 1955 amnesty offer for the Mau Mau guerillas.

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

9. After Harold MacMillan replaced Anthony Eden as British Prime Minister, several countries gained their independence. Please list which countries gained their independence and from whom.

10. What did Kenneth and Ngũgĩ decide to do for their village when they met at a scouting event?

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