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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, The Pure and Resurrected, Pages 109 - 127.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one of the prisoners tell Matigari and the others he saw as he walked away from the factory during the strike?
(a) Statues of Boy and Williams go up in flames.
(b) The factory explode.
(c) Police officers beating Ngarũro wa Kirĩro.
(d) Workers running for their lives.

2. After learning of the worker's strike, what does Matigari ask the prisoners?
(a) Why factory workers are so ungrateful.
(b) What happened to law and order in their land.
(c) How Boy and Williams because so powerful.
(d) Where truth and justice has gone in this country.

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

4. What does Mũriũki tell Matigari is happening outside of the bar after he goes out to see why they heard screaming?
(a) There was a major car accident.
(b) His Excellency Ole Excellence has arrived.
(c) The factory strike has turned into a bloodbath.
(d) Two officers set a dog on Gũthera.

5. With whom do the children fight for the contents of the tractor in Part I of Matigari?
(a) Stray dogs and vultures.
(b) Elderly homeless people.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Factory workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Matigari bribe the couple in the wilderness to use their car?

2. What does Matigari overhear people saying about the returned patriots?

3. What does Matigari do at the mugomo tree?

4. What did an officer tell Gũthera she could do to save her father's life after he was arrested?

5. What happens to Matigari when he tries to enter the scrapyard in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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