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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. Why is Ngarũro wa Kirĩro unable to stay with Matigari and Mũriũki at the restaurant at the Mataha Hotel?
(a) He promised his wife he would meet her for dinner.
(b) He needs to join the worker's strike.
(c) He is too tired.
(d) He has has to pick up his children from school.

2. 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.

3. What did Gũthera do to support her siblings after her father's death?
(a) She opened her own cafe.
(b) She stole food.
(c) She sold handmade items.
(d) She became a prostitute.

4. What is the country's leader referred to over the radio in Part I?
(a) Ole Master of Wonder.
(b) The Embodiment of Truth and Compassion.
(c) His Excellency Ole Excellency.
(d) The Honorable Ole Master.

5. What is a guard doing outside of the Anglo-American Leather and Plastic Works when Matigari arrives in Part I?
(a) Drinking a beer.
(b) Napping.
(c) Roasting potatoes.
(d) Yelling at workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gũthera ask Matigari after sitting on his lap at the bar?

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

3. 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?

4. What is the main topic of conversation at the bar when Matigari enters with Mũriũki?

5. What does Matigari tell Ngarũro wa Kirĩro to tell the factory workers?

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