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

2. What is the name of the voice Matigari hears over the radio in Part I?
(a) The Voice of Compassion.
(b) The Voice of Peace.
(c) The Voice of Reason.
(d) The Voice of Truth.

3. Why did the people at Gũthera's church refuse to help her when she needed money to care for her siblings?
(a) They said she was a terrorist's child.
(b) They were all poor too.
(c) They thought her family was cursed.
(d) They felt she could get a job.

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

5. What is the mugumo?
(a) A pineapple tree.
(b) A banana tree.
(c) An olive tree.
(d) A fig tree.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Gũthera say she is hiding from when she enters the bar in Part I?

3. 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?

4. What are the children fighting over when Matigari chases them away with a stick?

5. What was Gũthera's 11th commandment?

(see the answer key)

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