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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 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 were all poor too.
(c) They felt she could get a job.
(d) They thought her family was cursed.

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

3. What does the boy do when Matigari is pelted with stones outside the factory?
(a) He finds a worker to help him.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He runs away and hides in the scrapyard.
(d) He joins the children in throwing stones at him.

4. 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) They cannot eat.
(d) The other children help them pay.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the country's leader referred to over the radio in Part I?

2. What happened after Gũthera refused to give the officer what he asked for when her father was arrested?

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

4. Who did Gũthera consult with before telling the officer whether or not she would do what he suggested she do in order to save her father's life?

5. Why was Gũthera's father arrested after the war began?

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