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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Wiping your Tears Away, Pages 17 - 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weapon does Matigari hold at the start of the story?
(a) A grenade.
(b) An AK-47.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A crossbow.

2. How does Matigari know when the factory workers have breaks?
(a) The children run to the factory during each break.
(b) He can hear the workers shouting outside.
(c) Matigari has a watch and knows what time breaks occur.
(d) A siren blares.

3. What are the children fighting over when Matigari chases them away with a stick?
(a) A case of bananas.
(b) A bunch of shirts.
(c) A bundle of shoelaces.
(d) A pile of old newspapers.

4. Why does Mũriũki worry the other children might beat him when he returns to the scrapyard?
(a) For being an informer.
(b) For showing Matigari where they live.
(c) For not paying the guards.
(d) For not bringing any food.

5. What does Matigari see at the start of Part I that makes him think things have changed a great deal in his country since he left?
(a) Black Africans driving cars.
(b) Female soldiers riding horseback.
(c) American fast food restaurants.
(d) White people chauffeuring Black Africans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name Matigari ma Njirũũngi mean?

2. Who is Ngarũro wa Kirĩro?

3. What does Mũriũki tell Matigari is happening outside of the bar after he goes out to see why they heard screaming?

4. What do the two guards require from the children before allowing them entry in Part I of Matigari?

5. What is a guard doing outside of the Anglo-American Leather and Plastic Works when Matigari arrives in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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