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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, The Pure and Resurrected, Pages 128 - 148.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose children does Matigari learn from Ngarũro wa Kirĩro are factory director's?
(a) John Boy and Settler Williams.
(b) Ngarũro wa Kirĩro's.
(c) His Excellency Ole Excellence.
(d) Matigari's.

2. Who does Gũthera tell Matigari she feels has dominated her life?
(a) Men.
(b) The country's rulers.
(c) Police officers.
(d) Women.

3. When does the Minister of Truth say was the day the freedom fighters left the forest?
(a) The day Settler Williams was killed.
(b) The day of the country's independence.
(c) The day of the factory strike.
(d) The day Matigari left.

4. How are the workers' houses described as Matigari, Gũthera and Mũriũki pass them in the Mercedes?
(a) Modest and clean.
(b) Tiny and crammed together.
(c) Dilapidated and rat infested.
(d) Simple, yet elegant.

5. What is the one thing Ngarũro wa Kirĩro says he and the factory workers want?
(a) Nicer uniforms.
(b) Longer lunch breaks.
(c) Fair wages.
(d) Safer working conditions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Matigari see speaking to the attendant at the petrol station just before he leaves?

2. Why does Mũriũki worry the other children might beat him when he returns to the scrapyard?

3. How are the houses of the rich described as Matigari, Gũthera and Mũriũki pass them in the Mercedes?

4. What are the children fighting over when Matigari chases them away with a stick?

5. What does the boy do when Matigari is pelted with stones outside the factory?

(see the answer key)

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