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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 happened after Gũthera refused to give the officer what he asked for when her father was arrested?
(a) An anonymous person paid her father's bail.
(b) Her father broke out and she never saw him again.
(c) Her father was killed and their land confiscated.
(d) A judge deemed her father innocent and he was set free.

2. What does the name Matigari ma Njirũũngi mean?
(a) The expatriates who ditched the country.
(b) The loyalists who served the king.
(c) The comrades who fought for freedom.
(d) The patriots who survived the bullets.

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

4. Which prisoner suggests there may be an informer among them?
(a) The student.
(b) The murderer.
(c) The teacher.
(d) The drunkard.

5. What does the Voice of Truth say made the recent prison escape most unusual?
(a) The prison guard was watching them all night.
(b) The cell lock was brand new.
(c) The cell remained locked and apparently untouched.
(d) The informer never told anyone of an escape plan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy do when Matigari is pelted with stones outside the factory?

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

3. When Matigari asks people at a restaurant where he can find truth and justice, what do they tell him?

4. What are some of the reasons the men who share Matigari's cell were arrested?

5. What is the first place Matigari decides he should search for his family in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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