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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the teacher tell Matigari when he finds him in his home after speaking with the student?
(a) He wants to start a revolution.
(b) He is being hunted.
(c) He is dying.
(d) He has been waiting for him.

2. What does Mũriũki say the people who drove through the wilderness are doing?
(a) Taking a nap.
(b) Spying on them.
(c) Doing drugs.
(d) Engaging in sexual relations.

3. Who else is in the cell with Matigari after he is arrested during the Minister of Truth's meeting?
(a) Gũthera.
(b) Mũriũki.
(c) The Voice of Truth.
(d) Ngarũro wa Kirĩro.

4. What is the woman in the wilderness gathering outside of her house when Matigari approaches her?
(a) Animal bones.
(b) Acorns.
(c) Dead flowers.
(d) Rubbish.

5. What reason did the Voice of Truth announce for why the university was closed?
(a) There was a protest and many students were beaten.
(b) The university teachers walked out.
(c) The students had gone on strike about food.
(d) The school building had deteriorated and they could no longer hold classes there.

6. Who is the first prisoner Matigari finds after leaving the old woman in the wilderness?
(a) The student.
(b) The informer.
(c) The drunkard.
(d) The murderer.

7. What does Matigari, Gũthera, and Mũriũki see driving through the wilderness?
(a) A Mercedes.
(b) A motorcycle.
(c) A Land Rover.
(d) A trash truck.

8. The Voice of Truth announces that the Minister has ordered police to do what to any madman they find?
(a) Set dogs on them.
(b) Hang them.
(c) Arrest them.
(d) Shoot them.

9. Who is Matigari sitting with under a tree after his escape from the mental hospital?
(a) Gũthera and Mũriũki.
(b) His wife and children.
(c) John Boy Junior and Robert Williams.
(d) The student and the teacher.

10. What is the Member of Parliament's solution to the problem of poverty?
(a) He will give every family 1,000 shillings.
(b) He will start a community garden in every village.
(c) He will open a birth control clinic.
(d) He will raise wages of all workers.

11. What does Gũthera think people may be driving through the wilderness for?
(a) Having an affair.
(b) Hiding from police.
(c) Hunting for food.
(d) Ivory poaching.

12. Which governments gave the country a loan to buy handcuffs, electric fences, and ropes?
(a) The Chinese and Russian Governments.
(b) The Canadian Government.
(c) The British and European Governments.
(d) The United States Government.

13. What does the old woman in the wilderness tell Matigari "breeds misery" (73)?
(a) Laziness.
(b) Disorder.
(c) Fear.
(d) Obedience.

14. Where is Matigari when he is told he may has well hang himself if he keeps going around asking about truth and justice?
(a) A farm.
(b) The bar.
(c) The law courts.
(d) The factory.

15. What does Matigari ask when the Minister asks if anyone else has questions after barricading the room so nobody can leave?
(a) Why children are fighting over garbage in this country.
(b) What the point of his efforts all these years have been.
(c) If he can join the factory board.
(d) Where a man can find truth and justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Voice of Truth announce they are searching for after allegedly bringing food to the patients in the mental hospital?

2. Why does Matigari stomp on his belt of peace at the start of Part III?

3. What has the priest heard, which inspires him to pray more?

4. What does the Voice of Truth announce at 10 a.m. at the start of Part III?

5. Who does the Voice of Truth announce will be visiting the factory where the strike occurred?

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