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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. Where does Matigari tell Mũriũki he will take him when Mũriũki expresses fear of returning to the scrapyard?
(a) The police station.
(b) The factory to find work.
(c) The wilderness to hide.
(d) His house.

2. Why was Gũthera's father arrested after the war began?
(a) For speaking out against the country's leader.
(b) For allowing his daughter to get an education.
(c) For beating his wife.
(d) For carrying bullets in his Bible.

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

4. What does Gũthera tell Matigari happened to her mother?
(a) She left them when she was young.
(b) She died in battle.
(c) She died in childbirth.
(d) She killed herself.

5. What are some of the reasons the men who share Matigari's cell were arrested?
(a) Stealing a Mercedes and speaking against His Excellency Ole Excellence.
(b) Beating his wife and public drunkenness.
(c) Selling milk and stealing food from a restaurant.
(d) Taking a day off of work and stealing a woman's purse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the day each of the men, including Matigari, was arrested?

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

3. Who is Ngarũro wa Kirĩro?

4. Who does Matigari want to find before he goes home at the start of Matigari?

5. Why is Ngarũro wa Kirĩro unable to stay with Matigari and Mũriũki at the restaurant at the Mataha Hotel?

(see the answer key)

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