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

2. In Chapter 37, what item did Ngũgĩ use as an analogy the first time he participated in a debate?
(a) Pencil.
(b) Scissors.
(c) Pen.
(d) Paper.

3. What does Ngũgĩ do when he finds his family in Chapter 1?
(a) He makes them dinner.
(b) He brags about his school
(c) He urges them to flee..
(d) He takes off his uniform and helps them build their new home.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What university’s opening lead to secondary schools becoming more focused on college prep?

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

3. What organization was formed soon after Ghana gained its independence?

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

5. What is the name of the first full length play Ngũgĩ attended at Alliance?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who were the Mau Mau guerillas and for what were they fighting?

3. 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?

4. What words does Ngũgĩ use to describe the school when he returns from break in January 1957?

5. What are some of the things that make the new village feel like the old village when Ngũgĩ returns home for Christmas?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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