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Ngugi wa Thiong'o
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Matigari Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Ngugi wa Thiong'o
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the teacher in Matigari's cell arrested for teaching?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Marxism.
(d) Sex Education.

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

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

4. Who does Matigari want to find before he goes home at the start of Matigari?
(a) Settler Williams.
(b) His fellow soldiers.
(c) His one remaining enemy.
(d) His family.

5. What are the children fighting over when Matigari chases them away with a stick?
(a) A bundle of shoelaces.
(b) A bunch of shirts.
(c) A pile of old newspapers.
(d) A case of bananas.

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

7. Why does Gũthera decide to help Matigari despite thinking he might be insane?
(a) It is her duty as a Christian.
(b) He saved her life.
(c) She thinks he will pay her well.
(d) He reminds her of his father.

8. Why does the Black man on horseback outside the house whip Matigari when he mentions John Boy?
(a) John Boy is his father.
(b) He did not want Matigari to speak at all.
(c) He hates John Boy.
(d) It is illegal to talk about John Boy.

9. Where does Gũthera suggest Matigari go to search for his family?
(a) The scrapyard.
(b) The police.
(c) The plantations.
(d) His Excellency Ole Excellence.

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

11. What is the first place Matigari decides he should search for his family in Part I?
(a) The plantation.
(b) The cafes.
(c) The factory.
(d) His old house.

12. What is a guard doing outside of the Anglo-American Leather and Plastic Works when Matigari arrives in Part I?
(a) Napping.
(b) Roasting potatoes.
(c) Drinking a beer.
(d) Yelling at workers.

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

14. What is the country's leader referred to over the radio in Part I?
(a) Ole Master of Wonder.
(b) The Honorable Ole Master.
(c) His Excellency Ole Excellency.
(d) The Embodiment of Truth and Compassion.

15. Why did the people at Gũthera's church refuse to help her when she needed money to care for her siblings?
(a) They thought her family was cursed.
(b) They were all poor too.
(c) They felt she could get a job.
(d) They said she was a terrorist's child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Gũthera's father arrested after the war began?

2. What does the name Matigari ma Njirũũngi mean?

3. What does Matigari share with his cell mates?

4. What is Matigari excited to see as he, Gũthera, and Mũriũki reach the plantation?

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

(see the answer keys)

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