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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Matigari tell the man outside the house at the plantation that Matigari wants?
(a) A job.
(b) To find his family.
(c) His horse.
(d) The keys to his house.

4. What does Gũthera ask when Matigari tells her that Settler Williams is dead?
(a) She asks why he would kill such a great man.
(b) She asks if Matigari knows Settler Wiliam's son.
(c) She asks who Settler Williams is.
(d) She asks what Matigari did with the body.

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

6. What does the boy do when Matigari is pelted with stones outside the factory?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He runs away and hides in the scrapyard.
(c) He finds a worker to help him.
(d) He joins the children in throwing stones at him.

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

8. What does the boy tell Matigari happens to them if they do not pay the guards at the garbage yard?
(a) They sneak in anyway.
(b) The other children help them pay.
(c) The guards beat them.
(d) They cannot eat.

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

10. What do the two guards require from the children before allowing them entry in Part I of Matigari?
(a) A hug.
(b) Beer.
(c) Money.
(d) Food.

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

12. 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 about His Excellency Ole Excellence.
(c) He does not know officers have been fighting workers and students for years.
(d) He does not know that most of the factories have shut down.

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

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

15. What was the teacher in Matigari's cell arrested for teaching?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Sex Education.
(c) Marxism.
(d) Evolution.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Gũthera's father arrested after the war began?

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

4. Who does Matigari want to find before he goes home at the start of Matigari?

5. 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?

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