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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 is Matigari excited when John Boy Junior says he had gone to college?
(a) He is impressed to meet an educated Black man.
(b) Matigari is one of the group who helped pay for his college.
(c) Matigari went to the same college.
(d) He feels his education is a sign of progress in their country.

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

3. What does Matigari tell Ngarũro wa Kirĩro to tell the factory workers?
(a) Not to give up the fight.
(b) They should avoid conflict at all costs.
(c) Settler Williams and John Boy are dead.
(d) Matigari has returned.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Matigari do at the mugomo tree?

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

3. What does Matigari share with his cell mates?

4. What was Gũthera's 11th commandment?

5. What does Gũthera tell Matigari happened to her mother?

(see the answer key)

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