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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, The Pure and Resurrected, Pages 109 - 127.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the woman in the wilderness gathering outside of her house when Matigari approaches her?
(a) Animal bones.
(b) Acorns.
(c) Dead flowers.
(d) Rubbish.

2. Who is Matigari sitting with under a tree after his escape from the mental hospital?
(a) Gũthera and Mũriũki.
(b) His wife and children.
(c) The student and the teacher.
(d) John Boy Junior and Robert Williams.

3. Who does the Voice of Truth announce they are searching for after allegedly bringing food to the patients in the mental hospital?
(a) Two factory workers.
(b) A woman and young boy.
(c) The owner of the Mataha hotel.
(d) Two police officers.

4. What does the old woman in the wilderness tell Matigari are "the new stars" (73)?
(a) Books.
(b) Children.
(c) Scholars.
(d) Police officers.

5. What does the Voice say anyone who is not mad would do?
(a) Shave their beards and keep their hair short.
(b) Wear all black.
(c) Stay indoors until the madmen have been detained.
(d) Wear the KKK emblem on their shirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of car does Mũriũki sleep in in the scrapyard?

2. What does Matigari overhear people saying about the returned patriots?

3. Who does Gũthera say she is hiding from when she enters the bar in Part I?

4. Where does Gũthera suggest Matigari go to search for his family?

5. What does the Voice of Truth say over the radio about women while Matigari is at the bar?

(see the answer key)

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