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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. How does the white man on horseback outside the house know Settler Williams?
(a) He grew up with Settler Williams.
(b) He worked for Settler Williams.
(c) Settler Williams is his father.
(d) He is Settler William's brother-in-law.

2. What does the old woman in the wilderness tell Matigari "breeds misery" (73)?
(a) Fear.
(b) Disorder.
(c) Obedience.
(d) Laziness.

3. Why was Gũthera's father arrested after the war began?
(a) For beating his wife.
(b) For speaking out against the country's leader.
(c) For carrying bullets in his Bible.
(d) For allowing his daughter to get an education.

4. What does the old woman tell Matigari will happen to him if he continues to wander the woods alone in search of truth and justice?
(a) He will get arrested.
(b) He will find what he seeks.
(c) He will end up like her.
(d) He will end up in an early grave.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mũriũki say Matigari and Gũthera were doing in the dream he had while sleeping in the scrapyard?

2. What do the people yell out after the Mercedes goes up in flames?

3. Why does the Black man on horseback outside the house whip Matigari when he mentions John Boy?

4. What does Matigari see at the start of Part I that makes him think things have changed a great deal in his country since he left?

5. Why does Gũthera decide to help Matigari despite thinking he might be insane?

(see the answer key)

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