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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who slept in the house Matigari built while Matigari slept on the verandah?
(a) Captain Johnson.
(b) Settler Wiliams.
(c) Private Jefferson.
(d) Colonel Warren.

3. 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.

4. How does the white man on horseback outside the house know Settler Williams?
(a) He worked for Settler Williams.
(b) Settler Williams is his father.
(c) He is Settler William's brother-in-law.
(d) He grew up with Settler Williams.

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

6. What does Matigari tell Gũthera when she offers him "a little pleasure" (24)?
(a) He reminds her they are in the presence of a child.
(b) He thought she would never ask.
(c) He asks if she thinks that is any way for a woman to behave.
(d) He is old enough to be her father.

7. Which prisoner suggests there may be an informer among them?
(a) The murderer.
(b) The teacher.
(c) The drunkard.
(d) The student.

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

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

10. What happened after Gũthera refused to give the officer what he asked for when her father was arrested?
(a) An anonymous person paid her father's bail.
(b) Her father was killed and their land confiscated.
(c) A judge deemed her father innocent and he was set free.
(d) Her father broke out and she never saw him again.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mũriũki tell Matigari is happening outside of the bar after he goes out to see why they heard screaming?

2. What is the main topic of conversation at the bar when Matigari enters with Mũriũki?

3. What does Gũthera tell Matigari happened to her mother?

4. Where do the children run to in Part I of Matigari?

5. What does the boy do when Matigari is pelted with stones outside the factory?

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