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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Matigari tell Mũriũki he will take him when Mũriũki expresses fear of returning to the scrapyard?
(a) His house.
(b) The factory to find work.
(c) The wilderness to hide.
(d) The police station.

5. What did an officer tell Gũthera she could do to save her father's life after he was arrested?
(a) Help her father break out of prison.
(b) Give him her virginity.
(c) Give him money.
(d) Give him their home.

6. What is Matigari surprised at when he is at the bar at the Mataha hotel?
(a) The prices are super high.
(b) Women work there.
(c) His family is there.
(d) Nobody else is there.

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

8. What does Gũthera ask Matigari after sitting on his lap at the bar?
(a) If he is the Matigari who fought Settler Williams.
(b) If he will buy her a drink.
(c) If he owns the bar.
(d) If he will marry her.

9. What happens to Matigari when he tries to enter the scrapyard in Part I?
(a) The boys all run away and hide from him.
(b) He is offered a place to sleep.
(c) The boys cheer for him.
(d) The boys throw stones at him.

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

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

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

13. Who does Gũthera say she is hiding from when she enters the bar in Part I?
(a) Her ex-lover.
(b) The cops.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her husband.

14. From whom did John Boy Junior purchase the house and land that Matigari claims is his?
(a) Robert Wiliams.
(b) Matigari's wife.
(c) Gũthera.
(d) His Excellency Ole Excellence.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Matigari see at the start of Part I that makes him think things have changed a great deal in his country since he left?

3. What is the title of Part I of Matigari?

4. What was Gũthera's 11th commandment?

5. Which prisoner tells Matigari he will "unravel" the "riddle," referring to the question Matigari asked the other prisoners?

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