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

2. At the scrapyard in Part I, what does the boy tell Matigari happened to his father?
(a) He died fighting for independence.
(b) He left the country long ago.
(c) They got separated and the boy has been looking for his father ever since.
(d) He went blind.

3. What does Matigari tell Gũthera when she offers him "a little pleasure" (24)?
(a) He asks if she thinks that is any way for a woman to behave.
(b) He is old enough to be her father.
(c) He reminds her they are in the presence of a child.
(d) He thought she would never ask.

4. What is the mugumo?
(a) A fig tree.
(b) A pineapple tree.
(c) An olive tree.
(d) A banana tree.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What weapon does Matigari hold at the start of the story?

3. Whose children does Matigari learn from Ngarũro wa Kirĩro are factory director's?

4. Who wrote Matigari?

5. What does Matigari make with a strip of bark from the mugomo tree?

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