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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. 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. What does John Boy Junior say Matigari must show him in order to prove the house is his?
(a) The blueprint.
(b) The deed.
(c) Some cash.
(d) His hands.

3. What does Gũthera ask Matigari after sitting on his lap at the bar?
(a) If he will buy her a drink.
(b) If he will marry her.
(c) If he owns the bar.
(d) If he is the Matigari who fought Settler Williams.

4. What is Matigari excited to see as he, Gũthera, and Mũriũki reach the plantation?
(a) His children.
(b) His wives.
(c) His house.
(d) His Excellency Ole Excellence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom do the children fight for the contents of the tractor in Part I of Matigari?

2. What does Mũriũki tell Matigari is happening outside of the bar after he goes out to see why they heard screaming?

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

4. What is Gũthera surprised to learn Matigari does not know as they walk to a plantation?

5. Whose children does Matigari learn from Ngarũro wa Kirĩro are factory director's?

(see the answer key)

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