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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. Why is Ngarũro wa Kirĩro unable to stay with Matigari and Mũriũki at the restaurant at the Mataha Hotel?
(a) He is too tired.
(b) He promised his wife he would meet her for dinner.
(c) He has has to pick up his children from school.
(d) He needs to join the worker's strike.

2. What does Gũthera say about the Mercedes as she, Matigari, and Mũriũki drive in it?
(a) It is luxurious.
(b) It is like a house.
(c) It is not as nice as she expected.
(d) It is a waste of money.

3. Where does Gũthera suggest Matigari go to search for his family?
(a) The police.
(b) The scrapyard.
(c) The plantations.
(d) His Excellency Ole Excellence.

4. What does Matigari tell Gũthera when she offers him "a little pleasure" (24)?
(a) He thought she would never ask.
(b) He is old enough to be her father.
(c) He reminds her they are in the presence of a child.
(d) He asks if she thinks that is any way for a woman to behave.

5. How are the workers' houses described as Matigari, Gũthera and Mũriũki pass them in the Mercedes?
(a) Modest and clean.
(b) Tiny and crammed together.
(c) Simple, yet elegant.
(d) Dilapidated and rat infested.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mũriũki say the people who drove through the wilderness are doing?

2. Who does the Voice of Truth announce will be visiting the factory where the strike occurred?

3. What is the village where a song about Matigari is written?

4. Who slept in the house Matigari built while Matigari slept on the verandah?

5. Why are the boys in the scrapyard disappointed that they attacked Matigari?

(see the answer key)

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