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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. With whom do the children fight for the contents of the tractor in Part I of Matigari?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Factory workers.
(c) Stray dogs and vultures.
(d) Elderly homeless people.

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

3. What is a guard doing outside of the Anglo-American Leather and Plastic Works when Matigari arrives in Part I?
(a) Drinking a beer.
(b) Roasting potatoes.
(c) Napping.
(d) Yelling at workers.

4. Who does Matigari say took the gun from him when he pointed it at Settler Williams?
(a) Jim Benson.
(b) John Boy.
(c) Settler William's son.
(d) Ngarũro wa Kirĩro.

5. Who is the first prisoner Matigari finds after leaving the old woman in the wilderness?
(a) The drunkard.
(b) The student.
(c) The informer.
(d) The murderer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ngarũro wa Kirĩro unable to stay with Matigari and Mũriũki at the restaurant at the Mataha Hotel?

2. Why does Mũriũki worry the other children might beat him when he returns to the scrapyard?

3. What does Matigari tell Gũthera when she offers him "a little pleasure" (24)?

4. What does Matigari share with his cell mates?

5. What is the name of the voice Matigari hears over the radio in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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