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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 reason did the Voice of Truth announce for why the university was closed?
(a) There was a protest and many students were beaten.
(b) The students had gone on strike about food.
(c) The university teachers walked out.
(d) The school building had deteriorated and they could no longer hold classes there.

2. Why does Mũriũki worry the other children might beat him when he returns to the scrapyard?
(a) For not paying the guards.
(b) For not bringing any food.
(c) For being an informer.
(d) For showing Matigari where they live.

3. The editor from which local newspaper sits near the Minister of Truth during his meeting in Part II?
(a) The Local Ledger.
(b) The Voice of Truth.
(c) The Weekly Whiner.
(d) The Daily Parrot.

4. How does Matigari bribe the couple in the wilderness to use their car?
(a) He gives them money.
(b) He threatens them with his gun.
(c) He takes their clothes.
(d) He tells them he will drive them home first.

5. What is the Member of Parliament's solution to the problem of poverty?
(a) He will start a community garden in every village.
(b) He will give every family 1,000 shillings.
(c) He will raise wages of all workers.
(d) He will open a birth control clinic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Matigari, Gũthera and Mũriũki head after escaping John Boy Junior's house?

3. Who does the chief of police say do not go mad?

4. What does Mũriũki say the people who drove through the wilderness are doing?

5. What weapon does Matigari hold at the start of the story?

(see the answer key)

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