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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are children chasing after near the factory in Part I when Matigari first arrives?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) A tractor.
(c) A pack of stray dogs.
(d) A ball.

3. What do the two guards require from the children before allowing them entry in Part I of Matigari?
(a) Money.
(b) A hug.
(c) Food.
(d) Beer.

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

5. What does one of the prisoners tell Matigari and the others he saw as he walked away from the factory during the strike?
(a) Police officers beating Ngarũro wa Kirĩro.
(b) Workers running for their lives.
(c) The factory explode.
(d) Statues of Boy and Williams go up in flames.

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

7. What does Matigari tell Ngarũro wa Kirĩro to tell the factory workers?
(a) Matigari has returned.
(b) They should avoid conflict at all costs.
(c) Not to give up the fight.
(d) Settler Williams and John Boy are dead.

8. What does Matigari make with a strip of bark from the mugomo tree?
(a) A hat.
(b) A belt of peace.
(c) A sword.
(d) A small fire.

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

10. What does one of the children accuse Matigari of doing as he follows them?
(a) Trying to steal their gains.
(b) Trying to find a place to sleep.
(c) Trying to steal one of the children.
(d) Working for the police.

11. Who did Gũthera consult with before telling the officer whether or not she would do what he suggested she do in order to save her father's life?
(a) Her siblings.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her priest.
(d) Her mother.

12. What is the name of the voice Matigari hears over the radio in Part I?
(a) The Voice of Truth.
(b) The Voice of Peace.
(c) The Voice of Reason.
(d) The Voice of Compassion.

13. What is Gũthera surprised to learn Matigari does not know as they walk to a plantation?
(a) He does not know officers have been fighting workers and students for years.
(b) He does not know that most of the factories have shut down.
(c) He does not know how to get to the nearest plantation.
(d) He does not know about His Excellency Ole Excellence.

14. What does John Boy Junior say Matigari must show him in order to prove the house is his?
(a) Some cash.
(b) His hands.
(c) The blueprint.
(d) The deed.

15. What is Matigari excited to see as he, Gũthera, and Mũriũki reach the plantation?
(a) His children.
(b) His Excellency Ole Excellence.
(c) His house.
(d) His wives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the prisoners ask Matigari when he tells them his full name?

2. What does Matigari share with his cell mates?

3. What does the Voice of Truth say over the radio about women while Matigari is at the bar?

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

5. After learning of the worker's strike, what does Matigari ask the prisoners?

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