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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 does one of the children accuse Matigari of doing as he follows them?
(a) Trying to find a place to sleep.
(b) Trying to steal one of the children.
(c) Working for the police.
(d) Trying to steal their gains.

2. What does the boy do when Matigari is pelted with stones outside the factory?
(a) He runs away and hides in the scrapyard.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He finds a worker to help him.
(d) He joins the children in throwing stones at him.

3. What was the teacher in Matigari's cell arrested for teaching?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Sex Education.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Marxism.

4. What does Matigari make with a strip of bark from the mugomo tree?
(a) A belt of peace.
(b) A small fire.
(c) A sword.
(d) A hat.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Matigari surprised at when he is at the bar at the Mataha hotel?

3. What happens to Matigari when Robert Williams returns with two officers?

4. What does the Voice of Truth say over the radio about women while Matigari is at the bar?

5. What is the title of Part I of Matigari?

(see the answer key)

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