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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 does the boy do when Matigari is pelted with stones outside the factory?
(a) He finds a worker to help him.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He joins the children in throwing stones at him.
(d) He runs away and hides in the scrapyard.

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

3. What did Gũthera do to support her siblings after her father's death?
(a) She opened her own cafe.
(b) She sold handmade items.
(c) She stole food.
(d) She became a prostitute.

4. Where does Matigari tell Mũriũki he will take him when Mũriũki expresses fear of returning to the scrapyard?
(a) His house.
(b) The wilderness to hide.
(c) The factory to find work.
(d) The police station.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Gũthera's 11th commandment?

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

3. Who is Ngarũro wa Kirĩro?

4. What does the name Matigari ma Njirũũngi mean?

5. Who wrote Matigari?

(see the answer key)

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