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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, The Pure and Resurrected, Pages 109 - 127.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did an officer tell Gũthera she could do to save her father's life after he was arrested?
(a) Give him her virginity.
(b) Give him money.
(c) Help her father break out of prison.
(d) Give him their home.

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

3. What is the village where a song about Matigari is written?
(a) Trampville.
(b) Junktown.
(c) Dumpville.
(d) Scraptown.

4. What does Gũthera think will happen to the woman in the Mercedes when she goes home to her husband?
(a) He will kill her.
(b) He will beat her.
(c) He will never find out what she was doing.
(d) He will divorce her.

5. What does Gũthera say about the Mercedes as she, Matigari, and Mũriũki drive in it?
(a) It is not as nice as she expected.
(b) It is a waste of money.
(c) It is luxurious.
(d) It is like a house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the white man on horseback outside the house know Settler Williams?

2. Where is Matigari when he is told he may has well hang himself if he keeps going around asking about truth and justice?

3. What does the name Matigari ma Njirũũngi mean?

4. What do the prisoners ask Matigari when he tells them his full name?

5. After escaping prison, what does Matigari hear most people discussing as he walks asking where he can find truth and justice?

(see the answer key)

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