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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did the people at Gũthera's church refuse to help her when she needed money to care for her siblings?
(a) They said she was a terrorist's child.
(b) They felt she could get a job.
(c) They thought her family was cursed.
(d) They were all poor too.

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

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

7. What did Gũthera do to support her siblings after her father's death?
(a) She stole food.
(b) She sold handmade items.
(c) She opened her own cafe.
(d) She became a prostitute.

8. What are some of the reasons the men who share Matigari's cell were arrested?
(a) Stealing a Mercedes and speaking against His Excellency Ole Excellence.
(b) Selling milk and stealing food from a restaurant.
(c) Beating his wife and public drunkenness.
(d) Taking a day off of work and stealing a woman's purse.

9. 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.

10. Who does Matigari want to find before he goes home at the start of Matigari?
(a) His fellow soldiers.
(b) His one remaining enemy.
(c) Settler Williams.
(d) His family.

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

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

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

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

15. What does the name Matigari ma Njirũũngi mean?
(a) The loyalists who served the king.
(b) The comrades who fought for freedom.
(c) The patriots who survived the bullets.
(d) The expatriates who ditched the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first place Matigari decides he should search for his family in Part I?

2. What happens to Matigari when he tries to enter the scrapyard in Part I?

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

4. What does Gũthera ask when Matigari tells her that Settler Williams is dead?

5. Who wrote Matigari?

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