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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 Matigari tell the man outside the house at the plantation that Matigari wants?
(a) A job.
(b) To find his family.
(c) His horse.
(d) The keys to his house.

2. What is Matigari surprised at when he is at the bar at the Mataha hotel?
(a) Women work there.
(b) The prices are super high.
(c) Nobody else is there.
(d) His family is there.

3. What weapon does Matigari hold at the start of the story?
(a) A crossbow.
(b) A grenade.
(c) A pistol.
(d) An AK-47.

4. What does the boy tell Matigari happens to them if they do not pay the guards at the garbage yard?
(a) They sneak in anyway.
(b) The other children help them pay.
(c) The guards beat them.
(d) They cannot eat.

5. What is unusual about the day each of the men, including Matigari, was arrested?
(a) The guards forgot to lock the cell.
(b) The guards did not take anything from them.
(c) They did not give them any food.
(d) They were not offered bail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Matigari tell Ngarũro wa Kirĩro to tell the factory workers?

2. What are the two guards, policemen, and tractor driver doing when Matigari passes them as he follows the children?

3. Why did the people at Gũthera's church refuse to help her when she needed money to care for her siblings?

4. Who does Gũthera say she is hiding from when she enters the bar in Part I?

5. Why does Gũthera decide to help Matigari despite thinking he might be insane?

(see the answer key)

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