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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Matigari see at the start of Part I that makes him think things have changed a great deal in his country since he left?
(a) Black Africans driving cars.
(b) White people chauffeuring Black Africans.
(c) American fast food restaurants.
(d) Female soldiers riding horseback.

2. Who does Matigari say took the gun from him when he pointed it at Settler Williams?
(a) Settler William's son.
(b) Ngarũro wa Kirĩro.
(c) John Boy.
(d) Jim Benson.

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

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

5. Why was Gũthera's father arrested after the war began?
(a) For allowing his daughter to get an education.
(b) For speaking out against the country's leader.
(c) For beating his wife.
(d) For carrying bullets in his Bible.

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

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

8. What was Gũthera's 11th commandment?
(a) She would never let her siblings go hungry.
(b) She would never confess to a priest.
(c) She would never return to church.
(d) She would never sleep with an officer.

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

10. What does John Boy Junior say Matigari must show him in order to prove the house is his?
(a) Some cash.
(b) His hands.
(c) The blueprint.
(d) The deed.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Matigari say at the end of Part I when a prisoner asks about his plans?

3. What are the two guards, policemen, and tractor driver doing when Matigari passes them as he follows the children?

4. What is Matigari excited to see as he, Gũthera, and Mũriũki reach the plantation?

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

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