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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. What does Matigari say at the end of Part I when a prisoner asks about his plans?
(a) He will escape and return to the wilderness.
(b) He will go home the next day.
(c) He will rot in prison.
(d) He will get a good lawyer.

2. How does Matigari escape from the fire in John Boy's house?
(a) Gũthera and Mũriũki help him.
(b) Through the window.
(c) He never goes inside.
(d) He walks out the back door.

3. What does Matigari see in his rearview mirror after he drives away from the petrol station?
(a) The police.
(b) A mob of people.
(c) Gũthera and Mũriũki.
(d) John Boy and Robert Williams.

4. Who slept in the house Matigari built while Matigari slept on the verandah?
(a) Captain Johnson.
(b) Settler Wiliams.
(c) Colonel Warren.
(d) Private Jefferson.

5. Who is the first prisoner Matigari finds after leaving the old woman in the wilderness?
(a) The murderer.
(b) The drunkard.
(c) The informer.
(d) The student.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Voice of Truth announce at 10 a.m. at the start of Part III?

2. What does Matigari say after telling John Boy Junior he will be back the next day to take back his home?

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

4. Why does Matigari decide to skip getting his weapons and head straight for John Boy Junior's?

5. What does Matigari tell Ngarũro wa Kirĩro to tell the factory workers?

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