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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Ngarũro wa Kirĩro?
(a) The owner of the factory.
(b) A worker who helps Matigari.
(c) A man who fought with Matigari.
(d) The country's leader.

6. What is the country's leader referred to over the radio in Part I?
(a) His Excellency Ole Excellency.
(b) Ole Master of Wonder.
(c) The Honorable Ole Master.
(d) The Embodiment of Truth and Compassion.

7. What happens to Matigari when Robert Williams returns with two officers?
(a) He is taken to jail.
(b) The officers allow John Boy Junior and Robert Williams to beat him.
(c) He runs back to the wilderness.
(d) He gently explains what is going on and they leave.

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

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

10. What is the title of Part I of Matigari?
(a) The Tail of Triumph.
(b) The Last of the Colonial Problems.
(c) Wiping your Tears Away.
(d) The Return of the Patriots.

11. Whose children does Matigari learn from Ngarũro wa Kirĩro are factory director's?
(a) Matigari's.
(b) Ngarũro wa Kirĩro's.
(c) His Excellency Ole Excellence.
(d) John Boy and Settler Williams.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does John Boy Junior say Matigari must show him in order to prove the house is his?

3. How does Matigari know when the factory workers have breaks?

4. Which prisoner suggests there may be an informer among them?

5. What is unusual about the day each of the men, including Matigari, was arrested?

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