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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 the country's leader referred to over the radio in Part I?
(a) His Excellency Ole Excellency.
(b) The Honorable Ole Master.
(c) Ole Master of Wonder.
(d) The Embodiment of Truth and Compassion.

2. Who wrote Matigari?
(a) Chinua Achebe.
(b) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
(c) Nuruddin Farah.
(d) Matigari ma Njirũũngi.

3. What is the first place Matigari decides he should search for his family in Part I?
(a) The plantation.
(b) The cafes.
(c) His old house.
(d) The factory.

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

5. What does one of the children accuse Matigari of doing as he follows them?
(a) Trying to find a place to sleep.
(b) Trying to steal one of the children.
(c) Trying to steal their gains.
(d) Working for the police.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Matigari know when the factory workers have breaks?

4. Where do the children run to in Part I of Matigari?

5. Why does Mũriũki worry the other children might beat him when he returns to the scrapyard?

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