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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. How does Matigari bribe the couple in the wilderness to use their car?
(a) He tells them he will drive them home first.
(b) He takes their clothes.
(c) He gives them money.
(d) He threatens them with his gun.

2. After escaping prison, what does Matigari hear most people discussing as he walks asking where he can find truth and justice?
(a) His Excellency Ole Excellence.
(b) Settler Williams.
(c) Matigari.
(d) Mũriũki.

3. To whom does the Provincial Commissioner liken Matigari?
(a) Paul Revere.
(b) Rip Van Winkle.
(c) Sherlock Holmes.
(d) Ebenezer Scrooge.

4. Who is Ngarũro wa Kirĩro?
(a) A worker who helps Matigari.
(b) A man who fought with Matigari.
(c) The owner of the factory.
(d) The country's leader.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Voice say anyone who is not mad would do?

3. What does the student shout after the verdict is announced?

4. What are the two guards, policemen, and tractor driver doing when Matigari passes them as he follows the children?

5. At the scrapyard in Part I, what does the boy tell Matigari happened to his father?

(see the answer key)

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