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

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

3. How does the white man on horseback outside the house know Settler Williams?
(a) He is Settler William's brother-in-law.
(b) He grew up with Settler Williams.
(c) Settler Williams is his father.
(d) He worked for Settler Williams.

4. Why is Ngarũro wa Kirĩro unable to stay with Matigari and Mũriũki at the restaurant at the Mataha Hotel?
(a) He promised his wife he would meet her for dinner.
(b) He is too tired.
(c) He needs to join the worker's strike.
(d) He has has to pick up his children from school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gũthera suggest Matigari go to search for his family?

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

3. Who slept in the house Matigari built while Matigari slept on the verandah?

4. At the scrapyard in Part I, what does the boy tell Matigari happened to his father?

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

(see the answer key)

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