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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 share with his cell mates?
(a) A blanket.
(b) His cigarettes.
(c) Beer and food.
(d) Some money.

2. How does Matigari know when the factory workers have breaks?
(a) He can hear the workers shouting outside.
(b) The children run to the factory during each break.
(c) Matigari has a watch and knows what time breaks occur.
(d) A siren blares.

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

4. What does Gũthera tell Matigari happened to her mother?
(a) She died in childbirth.
(b) She died in battle.
(c) She killed herself.
(d) She left them when she was young.

5. What does Matigari do at the mugomo tree?
(a) He waits for the enemy.
(b) He buries his weapons.
(c) He unearths a treasure.
(d) He eats and rests.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Matigari when he is told he may has well hang himself if he keeps going around asking about truth and justice?

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

3. What type of vehicle does Gũthera sleep in at the scrapyard?

4. Which of the prisoners do the judges and lawyers announce "will be detained without trial" for misleading the public (101)?

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

(see the answer key)

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