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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 45, Ngũgĩ recounted an important soccer game in which Alliance won against what team?
2. What did Ngũgĩ discover when he arrived at his home in the beginning of the memoir?
3. With whom did Ngũgĩ travel by train to Limuru?
4. What was the name Ngũgĩ gave to the officer he met at Tigoni in Chapter 21?
5. What does Ngũgĩ say he learned the power of from playing Chess?
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. Describe the significance of the Mugumo tree at the end of Chapter 31.
3. What is the significance of Ngũgĩ’s Alliance uniform when he saw Good Wallace. How did he feel? How did Good Wallace react?
4. What did Kenneth and Ngũgĩ decide to do for their village when they met at a scouting event?
5. What metaphor does Ngũgĩ use to describe the struggle in Kenya?
6. What events began which Ngũgĩ describes as his spiritual upheaval?
7. Why does Ngũgĩ refer to Alliance as a sanctuary?
8. What descriptive words does Ngũgĩ use to show the reader what his home looks like upon his first return?
9. In what ways did Edward Carey Francis change the education model of Alliance?
10. Describe Ngũgĩ’s friendship with Kenneth Mbgũa.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the symbolic significance of the Alliance uniform. How did it make Ngũgĩ feel? What did it represent to the outside world? Use examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
The Mugumo tree is a recurring symbol throughout the book. Consider its meaning and particularly what Ngũgĩ’s mother says of the tree on page 99. Write an essay on its significance.
Essay Topic 3
Write about Ngũgĩ’s literary journey discussed in Chapter 59. What books and authors impacted him and how?
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