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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. Upon what did the author write his novel Caitaani Mutharaba-Ini?
(a) Store receipts.
(b) His cell walls.
(c) Toilet paper.
(d) Notebook paper.

2. Who wrote In the Castle of My Skin?
(a) Amos Tutuola.
(b) Kim Chi Ha.
(c) George Lamming.
(d) Gabriel Okara.

3. What is the competition set to choose at the feast of thieves and robbers in Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ?
(a) The seven cleverest thieves and robbers.
(b) The two wisest of the thieves and robbers.
(c) The three most effective of the thieves and robbers.
(d) The two most humble of the thieves and robbers.

4. What was the author's earliest short story, which was published in the literary journal at Makerere University College?
(a) "The Fig Tree."
(b) "The Officer."
(c) "The Sand Dune."
(d) "The Waving Wheat."

5. What word from the text means instilled by persistent instruction?
(a) Corrugated.
(b) Indoctrinated.
(c) Inculcated.
(d) Emulsified.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what language was Hekaya Za Abunuwasi written?

2. Who wrote The Interpreters?

3. Who was the military dictator and President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo/Zaire from 1965 to 1997?

4. Who was the head of the English Department at Nairobi University in 1968?

5. What metaphor does the author present to describe the differences of perception in Chapter 4, Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were copies of Caitaani Mũtharabainĩ distributed in rural Africa?

2. How does the author define "fiction language"?

3. How does the author describe his prison cell in Chapter 3, Part I?

4. What criticisms does the author make of Cry, the Beloved Country?

5. What about George Lamming's work impressed the author?

6. What are the subject and themes in the author's book Homecoming?

7. Why does the author find fault in the orthography of Gĩkũyũ?

8. Who is Wole Soyinka and what works has he written?

9. What is the meaning of the author's metaphor of the blind men and the elephant in Chapter 4, Part I?

10. What two factors have adversely affected the African novel and its development?

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