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

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

3. What does the name Matigari ma Njirũũngi mean?
(a) The expatriates who ditched the country.
(b) The loyalists who served the king.
(c) The comrades who fought for freedom.
(d) The patriots who survived the bullets.

4. Who wrote Matigari?
(a) Matigari ma Njirũũngi.
(b) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
(c) Nuruddin Farah.
(d) Chinua Achebe.

5. Which prisoner tells Matigari he will "unravel" the "riddle," referring to the question Matigari asked the other prisoners?
(a) The informer.
(b) The drunkard.
(c) The murderer.
(d) The prisoner accused of theft.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which prisoner suggests there may be an informer among them?

2. What does Gũthera ask when Matigari tells her that Settler Williams is dead?

3. What do the prisoners ask Matigari when he tells them his full name?

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

5. What is the mugumo?

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