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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. 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) Henry Chasia and Hiram Karani.
(d) Hiram Karani and Leonard Mbũgua.

2. Which friend did Ngũgĩ bump into and fail to convert in Chapter 35?
(a) E.K.
(b) Kenneth Mbugwa.
(c) Igogo.
(d) Kenneth Wanjai.

3. What did Jonyo Kenyatta call Kenya?
(a) The Land of Kenyatta.
(b) A Soul in Conflict.
(c) The Land of Conflicted Souls.
(d) A Land of Conflict.

4. Who does Ngũgĩ run into at a tailor shop in Kikuyi?
(a) Igogo.
(b) Kenneth Mbgũa.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

5. Which sport does Ngũgĩ say was his favorite as both spectator and participant?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Cricket.
(d) Track and Field.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the English teacher who took Ngũgĩ’s class on a tour of a real Englishmen’s house?

2. Who was the “leader” of Ngũgĩ’s three person cabal?

3. Which Princess did Ngũgĩ see with the Nairobi scouts in Chapter 34?

4. During an English Lesson, Principal Smith guided students on the use of simple words claiming that who spoke simple English?

5. What was the name Ngũgĩ gave to the officer he met at Tigoni in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ngũgĩ “pass” the screening in Limuru?

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

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

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

10. Why and when did the Saturday Evening paper begin and what did Ngũgĩ like about it?

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