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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote Matigari?
(a) Chinua Achebe.
(b) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
(c) Matigari ma Njirũũngi.
(d) Nuruddin Farah.

3. At the scrapyard in Part I, what does the boy tell Matigari happened to his father?
(a) He left the country long ago.
(b) They got separated and the boy has been looking for his father ever since.
(c) He went blind.
(d) He died fighting for independence.

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

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

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

7. 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 an angel.
(c) If he is the one who killed Settler Wiliams.
(d) If he is the one who started the factory strike.

8. After learning of the worker's strike, what does Matigari ask the prisoners?
(a) Why factory workers are so ungrateful.
(b) How Boy and Williams because so powerful.
(c) What happened to law and order in their land.
(d) Where truth and justice has gone in this country.

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

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

11. Where do the children run to in Part I of Matigari?
(a) A garbage yard.
(b) The factory.
(c) School.
(d) A cafe.

12. What is unusual about the day each of the men, including Matigari, was arrested?
(a) They were not offered bail.
(b) They did not give them any food.
(c) The guards forgot to lock the cell.
(d) The guards did not take anything from them.

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

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

15. 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) His family is there.
(d) The prices are super high.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the teacher in Matigari's cell arrested for teaching?

2. With whom do the children fight for the contents of the tractor in Part I of Matigari?

3. Whose children does Matigari learn from Ngarũro wa Kirĩro are factory director's?

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

5. What does one of the children accuse Matigari of doing as he follows them?

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