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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Which prisoner tells Matigari he will "unravel" the "riddle," referring to the question Matigari asked the other prisoners?
(a) The drunkard.
(b) The informer.
(c) The murderer.
(d) The prisoner accused of theft.

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

6. What do the prisoners ask Matigari when he tells them his full name?
(a) If he is the one who saved the woman from the officer's dogs earlier.
(b) If he is the one who started the factory strike.
(c) If he is the one who killed Settler Wiliams.
(d) If he is an angel.

7. Why is Matigari excited when John Boy Junior says he had gone to college?
(a) Matigari went to the same college.
(b) Matigari is one of the group who helped pay for his college.
(c) He feels his education is a sign of progress in their country.
(d) He is impressed to meet an educated Black man.

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

9. 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 mother.
(b) Her siblings.
(c) Her priest.
(d) Her grandmother.

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

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

12. What weapon does Matigari hold at the start of the story?
(a) A grenade.
(b) An AK-47.
(c) A crossbow.
(d) A pistol.

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

14. What is the main topic of conversation at the bar when Matigari enters with Mũriũki?
(a) The mysterious Matigari.
(b) Women complaining about their husbands.
(c) The factory strike.
(d) How much better the country is these days.

15. What does the Voice of Truth say over the radio about women while Matigari is at the bar?
(a) Women should be seen and not heard.
(b) Women should rule the country.
(c) Women should join the army.
(d) Women should take refuge in the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ngarũro wa Kirĩro unable to stay with Matigari and Mũriũki at the restaurant at the Mataha Hotel?

2. What are children chasing after near the factory in Part I when Matigari first arrives?

3. What does Matigari tell the man outside the house at the plantation that Matigari wants?

4. Why does Mũriũki worry the other children might beat him when he returns to the scrapyard?

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

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