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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. What is the country's leader referred to over the radio in Part I?
(a) His Excellency Ole Excellency.
(b) The Honorable Ole Master.
(c) The Embodiment of Truth and Compassion.
(d) Ole Master of Wonder.

2. Who are people beginning to say helped the prisoners escape?
(a) Gũthera.
(b) The Angel Gabriel.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Mũriũki.

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

4. Where does Matigari tell Mũriũki he will take him when Mũriũki expresses fear of returning to the scrapyard?
(a) The factory to find work.
(b) The police station.
(c) The wilderness to hide.
(d) His house.

5. What does Gũthera ask when Matigari tells her that Settler Williams is dead?
(a) She asks what Matigari did with the body.
(b) She asks why he would kill such a great man.
(c) She asks who Settler Williams is.
(d) She asks if Matigari knows Settler Wiliam's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom do the children fight for the contents of the tractor in Part I of Matigari?

2. What does one of the children accuse Matigari of doing as he follows them?

3. What does the name Matigari ma Njirũũngi mean?

4. Why was Gũthera's father arrested after the war began?

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

(see the answer key)

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