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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. Where does Gũthera suggest Matigari go to search for his family?
(a) His Excellency Ole Excellence.
(b) The scrapyard.
(c) The police.
(d) The plantations.

2. What are the two guards, policemen, and tractor driver doing when Matigari passes them as he follows the children?
(a) Drinking beer and laughing.
(b) Arresting children at random.
(c) Digging through the pile of trash.
(d) Divying up the money the children gave them.

3. What does the boy tell Matigari happens to them if they do not pay the guards at the garbage yard?
(a) They sneak in anyway.
(b) The guards beat them.
(c) The other children help them pay.
(d) They cannot eat.

4. What does Mũriũki tell Matigari is happening outside of the bar after he goes out to see why they heard screaming?
(a) There was a major car accident.
(b) Two officers set a dog on Gũthera.
(c) The factory strike has turned into a bloodbath.
(d) His Excellency Ole Excellence has arrived.

5. Who does Gũthera say she is hiding from when she enters the bar in Part I?
(a) Her ex-lover.
(b) The cops.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy do when Matigari is pelted with stones outside the factory?

2. Who wrote Matigari?

3. What does Gũthera tell Matigari happened to her mother?

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

5. What is the mugumo?

(see the answer key)

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