2. Why were government officials taking fingerprints at Alliance in Chapter 18?
(a) For passports.
(b) To arrest students.
(c) To see who is Mau Mau.
(d) Nobody knows.

3. From whom did Ngũgĩ receive a long letter regarding whether one needed a license to write?
(a) His mother.
(b) Kenneth Mbgũa.
(c) Kenneth Wanjai.
(d) His brother.

4. What did the boys at Alliance call the girls at the Alliance school for girls?
(a) Far-a-ways.
(b) Alliance ladies.
(c) Over the Meadows.
(d) Acrossians.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Russians launched Sputnik II, what animal was on it that caused outrage?

2. What town do many Alliance students go to shop on Saturdays?

3. As the focus of school shifted to preparing students for college, local knowledge was replaced by what at Alliance?

4. What did Ngũgĩ’s mother suggest he do after he told of his ordeal being captured?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. What does Ngũgĩ say he learned about the power of the pawn through Chess?

5. Why are Ngũgĩ, Wanjai and Leonard late getting back from Nairobi Saturday?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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