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

2. Who slept in the house Matigari built while Matigari slept on the verandah?
(a) Private Jefferson.
(b) Colonel Warren.
(c) Settler Wiliams.
(d) Captain Johnson.

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

4. What do the two guards require from the children before allowing them entry in Part I of Matigari?
(a) Money.
(b) Food.
(c) A hug.
(d) Beer.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the teacher in Matigari's cell arrested for teaching?

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

4. What is the mugumo?

5. What does the name Matigari ma Njirũũngi mean?

(see the answer key)

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