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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 type of car does Mũriũki sleep in in the scrapyard?
(a) BMW.
(b) Mercedes.
(c) Land Rover.
(d) Ford.

2. Who wrote Matigari?
(a) Nuruddin Farah.
(b) Chinua Achebe.
(c) Matigari ma Njirũũngi.
(d) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.

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

4. Who did Gũthera consult with before telling the officer whether or not she would do what he suggested she do in order to save her father's life?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her priest.
(c) Her siblings.
(d) Her mother.

5. What happens to Matigari when Robert Williams returns with two officers?
(a) He runs back to the wilderness.
(b) He is taken to jail.
(c) The officers allow John Boy Junior and Robert Williams to beat him.
(d) He gently explains what is going on and they leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Matigari share with his cell mates?

2. Where do the children run to in Part I of Matigari?

3. Why does Gũthera decide to help Matigari despite thinking he might be insane?

4. What is the country's leader referred to over the radio in Part I?

5. At the scrapyard in Part I, what does the boy tell Matigari happened to his father?

(see the answer key)

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