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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 (Parts VI-X): "The Language of African Fiction".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote Contes d'Amadou Koumba?
(a) Birago Diop.
(b) Gabriel Okara.
(c) Amos Tutuola.
(d) Martin Carter.

2. Who are the peasant and his wife awaiting the arrival of in the opening of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) Kĩoi and Jezebel.
(b) Gakaara and Watu.
(c) Obi and Jalaa.
(d) Mĩriĩ and Awli.

3. Who wrote Catching Them Young?
(a) Gabriel Okara.
(b) Sir H. Rider Haggard.
(c) Bob Dixon.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

4. What novel of the author's did he hope to give a transcript of to Chinua Achebe at the writers' conference described in Chapter 1, Part II?
(a) A Grain of Wheat.
(b) Weep Not, Child.
(c) Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ.
(d) The River Between.

5. The process of production for Ngaahika Ndeenda, from research, writing, auditions, and rehearsals as well as construction of the theater took how much time?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Nine months.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Gakaara wa Wanjaũ earn the Noma Award for his secret diary he kept while in political detention?

2. On what days of the week did the woman from Kamĩrĩĩthũ visit the author, according to his narrative in Chapter 2, Part I?

3. What publishing house did Gakaara wa Wanjaũ establish?

4. Who wrote the book African Language Literatures that is referred to in Chapter 1, Part VII?

5. When were Kamĩrĩĩthũ and the other villages around Limuru established?

(see the answer key)

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