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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 Matigari make with a strip of bark from the mugomo tree?
(a) A hat.
(b) A sword.
(c) A small fire.
(d) A belt of peace.

2. What happens to Matigari when he tries to enter the scrapyard in Part I?
(a) He is offered a place to sleep.
(b) The boys throw stones at him.
(c) The boys all run away and hide from him.
(d) The boys cheer for him.

3. Why did the people at Gũthera's church refuse to help her when she needed money to care for her siblings?
(a) They were all poor too.
(b) They said she was a terrorist's child.
(c) They thought her family was cursed.
(d) They felt she could get a job.

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 owns the bar.
(c) If he is the Matigari who fought Settler Williams.
(d) If he will marry her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ngarũro wa Kirĩro?

2. Why does Gũthera decide to help Matigari despite thinking he might be insane?

3. Where does Matigari tell Mũriũki he will take him when Mũriũki expresses fear of returning to the scrapyard?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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