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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author refer to as being the basis of a people's identity in Chapter 1, Part IV?
(a) Family.
(b) Economy.
(c) Values.
(d) History.

2. In his Introduction, the author states that the theme of this book is taken from a poem by what Guyanese poet?
(a) Wole Soyinka.
(b) Gakaara wa Wanjaũ.
(c) Alan Paton.
(d) Martin Carter.

3. What does the word "Maitũ" translate to in English?
(a) Father.
(b) Bride.
(c) Mother.
(d) Sister.

4. When did the production of Maitũ Njugĩra begin?
(a) September, 1976.
(b) March, 1977.
(c) November, 1981.
(d) July, 1982.

5. In Ngaahika Ndeenda, Wangeci's monologue describes the Olengurueni women who were driven from their lands around where?
(a) Aduma.
(b) Eskista.
(c) Nakuru.
(d) Yatta.

6. On what date did the Kenya government ban any further performances of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) September 12, 1976.
(b) October 2, 1977.
(c) November 16, 1977.
(d) March 30, 1977.

7. What was the elitist institution for Africans in colonial Kenya where Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o attended high school?
(a) The Ndebele High School.
(b) The Alliance High School.
(c) The Oxford High School.
(d) The Niflheim High School.

8. What does "Ngaahika Ndeenda" translate to in English?
(a) Devil on the Cross.
(b) Mother Sing for Me.
(c) A Meeting in the Dark.
(d) I Will Marry When I Want.

9. Where did David Diop get his primary education?
(a) The Ivory Coast.
(b) Guinea.
(c) Senegal.
(d) Mauritania.

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

11. With whom did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o collaborate in the drafting of the playscript for Ngaahika Ndeenda?
(a) Ngũgĩ wa Miriĩ.
(b) Martin Carter.
(c) Birago Diop.
(d) Amos Tutuola.

12. When did Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o begin writing in Gĩkũyũ?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1975.

13. According to the author in Chapter 1, Part I, as an effect of colonization, Africa was defined in the languages of Europe. What three languages does he describe?
(a) English, French, and Portuguese.
(b) Dutch, French, and Portuguese.
(c) French, Spanish, and German.
(d) English, French, and Spanish.

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

15. 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) Weep Not, Child.
(b) The River Between.
(c) Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ.
(d) A Grain of Wheat.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long was Gakaara wa Wanjaũ imprisoned for his writings in Gĩkũyũ?

2. What does the author say the real aim of colonialism was in Chapter 1, Part V?

3. When did the Kenya government outlaw Kamĩrĩĩthũ Community Education and Cultural Center and ban all theater activities in the entire area?

4. What three colors comprise the flag of Kenya?

5. What was the first school that Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o attended?

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