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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. Where would Ngũgĩ be screened by Government officials?
(a) Alliance.
(b) Limuru.
(c) Nairobi.
(d) Kikuyu.
2. What town do many Alliance students go to shop on Saturdays?
(a) Mbgũa.
(b) Kikuyi.
(c) Kiambu.
(d) Limuru.
3. In regards to the play, what did Ngũgĩ say the “political theater onstage was mimicking” (96)?
(a) Life in the village.
(b) The real theater of politics outside school gates.
(c) Dorm life.
(d) The politics of the school.
4. In Chapter 1, what is the one thing left standing where Ngũgĩ’s home used to be?
(a) A pear tree.
(b) A mango tree.
(c) A banana tree.
(d) A fig tree.
5. What did Good Wallace tell Ngũgĩ to do to his uniform when he visited him during break?
(a) Keep it clean.
(b) Treasure it.
(c) Sell it.
(d) Burn it.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what annual performance did Ngũgĩ land the role of foot soldier?
2. From where did Ngũgĩ hear of his brothers capture in Chapter 26?
3. What did the boys at Alliance call the girls at the Alliance school for girls?
4. What is the name of the first full length play Ngũgĩ attended at Alliance?
5. Who does Ngũgĩ say were equal to white teachers at Alliance?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ngũgĩ unsuccessfully attempt to do as part of his spiritual journey, which E.K. seems to do with great success?
2. How does Ngũgĩ describe the homes of the loyal vs. those of the disloyal in Chapter 13?
3. Why was Ngũgĩ so happy to return home after first term exams?
4. Why are Ngũgĩ, Wanjai and Leonard late getting back from Nairobi Saturday?
5. What descriptive words does Ngũgĩ use to show the reader what his home looks like upon his first return?
6. In what ways did Edward Carey Francis change the education model of Alliance?
7. What is the significance of Ngũgĩ’s Alliance uniform when he saw Good Wallace. How did he feel? How did Good Wallace react?
8. What are the big changes Ngũgĩ describes at the beginning of Chapter 32?
9. Why does Ngũgĩ refer to Alliance as a sanctuary?
10. What did Kenneth and Ngũgĩ decide to do for their village when they met at a scouting event?
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