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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Seeker of Truth, Pages 84 - 108.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Matigari ask when the Minister asks if anyone else has questions after barricading the room so nobody can leave?
(a) Why children are fighting over garbage in this country.
(b) Where a man can find truth and justice.
(c) If he can join the factory board.
(d) What the point of his efforts all these years have been.

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

3. Why did the people at Gũthera's church refuse to help her when she needed money to care for her siblings?
(a) They felt she could get a job.
(b) They were all poor too.
(c) They said she was a terrorist's child.
(d) They thought her family was cursed.

4. What is the mugumo?
(a) A pineapple tree.
(b) A fig tree.
(c) A banana tree.
(d) An olive tree.

5. Who does Gũthera say she is hiding from when she enters the bar in Part I?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her husband.
(c) The cops.
(d) Her ex-lover.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Matigari do at the Minister of Truth's meeting when he realizes they think he has a gun?

3. What does Matigari say at the end of Part I when a prisoner asks about his plans?

4. What is the village where a song about Matigari is written?

5. Which prisoner tells Matigari he will "unravel" the "riddle," referring to the question Matigari asked the other prisoners?

(see the answer key)

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