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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Wiping your Tears Away, Pages 1 - 16 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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) Female soldiers riding horseback.
(b) White people chauffeuring Black Africans.
(c) American fast food restaurants.
(d) Black Africans driving cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the country's leader referred to over the radio in Part I?

2. What does one of the children accuse Matigari of doing as he follows them?

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

4. What happens to Matigari when he tries to enter the scrapyard in Part I?

5. What weapon does Matigari hold at the start of the story?

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