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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. Who does Matigari want to find before he goes home at the start of Matigari?
(a) His family.
(b) His one remaining enemy.
(c) His fellow soldiers.
(d) Settler Williams.

2. What does the Voice of Truth say over the radio about women while Matigari is at the bar?
(a) Women should rule the country.
(b) Women should be seen and not heard.
(c) Women should join the army.
(d) Women should take refuge in the church.

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

4. Who wrote Matigari?
(a) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
(b) Nuruddin Farah.
(c) Chinua Achebe.
(d) Matigari ma Njirũũngi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gũthera ask when Matigari tells her that Settler Williams is dead?

2. Who is Ngarũro wa Kirĩro?

3. How does Matigari know when the factory workers have breaks?

4. What does the boy tell Matigari happens to them if they do not pay the guards at the garbage yard?

5. Why is Ngarũro wa Kirĩro unable to stay with Matigari and Mũriũki at the restaurant at the Mataha Hotel?

(see the answer key)

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