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

2. What are children chasing after near the factory in Part I when Matigari first arrives?
(a) A tractor.
(b) A ball.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) A pack of stray dogs.

3. What does the name Matigari ma Njirũũngi mean?
(a) The loyalists who served the king.
(b) The expatriates who ditched the country.
(c) The patriots who survived the bullets.
(d) The comrades who fought for freedom.

4. What does Matigari tell Ngarũro wa Kirĩro to tell the factory workers?
(a) They should avoid conflict at all costs.
(b) Settler Williams and John Boy are dead.
(c) Not to give up the fight.
(d) Matigari has returned.

5. What is the main topic of conversation at the bar when Matigari enters with Mũriũki?
(a) How much better the country is these days.
(b) Women complaining about their husbands.
(c) The mysterious Matigari.
(d) The factory strike.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mugumo?

2. What does Matigari do at the mugomo tree?

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

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

5. What is the title of Part I of Matigari?

(see the answer key)

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