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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 happened after Gũthera refused to give the officer what he asked for when her father was arrested?
(a) An anonymous person paid her father's bail.
(b) Her father was killed and their land confiscated.
(c) A judge deemed her father innocent and he was set free.
(d) Her father broke out and she never saw him again.

2. What is the name of the voice Matigari hears over the radio in Part I?
(a) The Voice of Truth.
(b) The Voice of Reason.
(c) The Voice of Compassion.
(d) The Voice of Peace.

3. What does Matigari share with his cell mates?
(a) Beer and food.
(b) A blanket.
(c) Some money.
(d) His cigarettes.

4. Why did the people at Gũthera's church refuse to help her when she needed money to care for her siblings?
(a) They were all poor too.
(b) They said she was a terrorist's child.
(c) They thought her family was cursed.
(d) They felt she could get a job.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy do when Matigari is pelted with stones outside the factory?

2. Who does Matigari say took the gun from him when he pointed it at Settler Williams?

3. What happens to Matigari when he tries to enter the scrapyard in Part I?

4. After learning of the worker's strike, what does Matigari ask the prisoners?

5. At the scrapyard in Part I, what does the boy tell Matigari happened to his father?

(see the answer key)

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