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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Wiping your Tears Away, Pages 33 - 54.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom do the children fight for the contents of the tractor in Part I of Matigari?
(a) Elderly homeless people.
(b) Factory workers.
(c) Stray dogs and vultures.
(d) Soldiers.

2. Why was Gũthera's father arrested after the war began?
(a) For beating his wife.
(b) For speaking out against the country's leader.
(c) For carrying bullets in his Bible.
(d) For allowing his daughter to get an education.

3. What are children chasing after near the factory in Part I when Matigari first arrives?
(a) A ball.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) A pack of stray dogs.
(d) A tractor.

4. Which prisoner suggests there may be an informer among them?
(a) The murderer.
(b) The teacher.
(c) The drunkard.
(d) The student.

5. Why does the Black man on horseback outside the house whip Matigari when he mentions John Boy?
(a) It is illegal to talk about John Boy.
(b) He did not want Matigari to speak at all.
(c) He hates John Boy.
(d) John Boy is his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gũthera suggest Matigari go to search for his family?

2. Who slept in the house Matigari built while Matigari slept on the verandah?

3. What does one of the prisoners tell Matigari and the others he saw as he walked away from the factory during the strike?

4. Who does Matigari want to find before he goes home at the start of Matigari?

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

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