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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. What was Gũthera's 11th commandment?
(a) She would never return to church.
(b) She would never confess to a priest.
(c) She would never let her siblings go hungry.
(d) She would never sleep with an officer.

2. What does the Voice of Truth say over the radio about women while Matigari is at the bar?
(a) Women should be seen and not heard.
(b) Women should join the army.
(c) Women should rule the country.
(d) Women should take refuge in the church.

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

4. What does Gũthera ask Matigari after sitting on his lap at the bar?
(a) If he will buy her a drink.
(b) If he will marry her.
(c) If he owns the bar.
(d) If he is the Matigari who fought Settler Williams.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who slept in the house Matigari built while Matigari slept on the verandah?

2. Who wrote Matigari?

3. With whom do the children fight for the contents of the tractor in Part I of Matigari?

4. What does Gũthera ask when Matigari tells her that Settler Williams is dead?

5. Why was Gũthera's father arrested after the war began?

(see the answer key)

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