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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Seeker of Truth, Pages 55 - 83.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the people at Gũthera's church refuse to help her when she needed money to care for her siblings?
(a) They were all poor too.
(b) They said she was a terrorist's child.
(c) They thought her family was cursed.
(d) They felt she could get a job.

2. Who does the Voice of Truth announce will be visiting the factory where the strike occurred?
(a) The Minister of Truth and Justice.
(b) The Honorable Ole Master.
(c) Matigari.
(d) His Excellency Ole Excellence.

3. Why was Gũthera's father arrested after the war began?
(a) For speaking out against the country's leader.
(b) For allowing his daughter to get an education.
(c) For carrying bullets in his Bible.
(d) For beating his wife.

4. What are children chasing after near the factory in Part I when Matigari first arrives?
(a) A tractor.
(b) A ball.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) A pack of stray dogs.

5. What are some of the reasons the men who share Matigari's cell were arrested?
(a) Beating his wife and public drunkenness.
(b) Selling milk and stealing food from a restaurant.
(c) Taking a day off of work and stealing a woman's purse.
(d) Stealing a Mercedes and speaking against His Excellency Ole Excellence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason did the Voice of Truth announce for why the university was closed?

2. What was the teacher in Matigari's cell arrested for teaching?

3. What are the two guards, policemen, and tractor driver doing when Matigari passes them as he follows the children?

4. What does the old woman in the wilderness tell Matigari "breeds misery" (73)?

5. Where is Matigari when he is told he may has well hang himself if he keeps going around asking about truth and justice?

(see the answer key)

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