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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. Why does the Black man on horseback outside the house whip Matigari when he mentions John Boy?
(a) It is illegal to talk about John Boy.
(b) John Boy is his father.
(c) He hates John Boy.
(d) He did not want Matigari to speak at all.

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

3. What do the prisoners ask Matigari when he tells them his full name?
(a) If he is the one who started the factory strike.
(b) If he is the one who killed Settler Wiliams.
(c) If he is the one who saved the woman from the officer's dogs earlier.
(d) If he is an angel.

4. What does the old woman in the wilderness tell Matigari are "the new stars" (73)?
(a) Police officers.
(b) Scholars.
(c) Books.
(d) Children.

5. What type of car does Mũriũki sleep in in the scrapyard?
(a) Land Rover.
(b) Mercedes.
(c) BMW.
(d) Ford.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Member of Parliament's solution to the problem of poverty?

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

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

4. What does the judge say will happen to Matigari and Ngarũro wa Kirĩro after their arrest?

5. What does Gũthera ask Matigari after sitting on his lap at the bar?

(see the answer key)

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