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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do Matigari, Gũthera and Mũriũki decide they will spend the night after Matigari escapes from the hospital?
(a) The factory.
(b) The Mataha hotel.
(c) The children's village.
(d) John Boy Junior's house.

3. What has the priest heard, which inspires him to pray more?
(a) He is being hunted.
(b) Jesus has returned.
(c) The patriots have returned.
(d) The world is ending.

4. Who are people beginning to say helped the prisoners escape?
(a) The Angel Gabriel.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Gũthera.
(d) Mũriũki.

5. What new name does the Provincial Commissioner give to Trampville?
(a) Progressville.
(b) Songville.
(c) Foolsville.
(d) Matigariville.

6. What does the Voice say anyone who is not mad would do?
(a) Wear all black.
(b) Stay indoors until the madmen have been detained.
(c) Wear the KKK emblem on their shirt.
(d) Shave their beards and keep their hair short.

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

8. What does the Voice of Truth announce at 10 a.m. at the start of Part III?
(a) Patients have escaped from the mental hospital.
(b) The Minister of Truth is missing.
(c) Matigari has been hanged.
(d) His Excellency Ole Excellence has died.

9. Which two prisoners are the only not brought before the audience at the Minister of Truth's meeting?
(a) The student and the teacher.
(b) Matigari and the informer.
(c) Matigari and the drunkard.
(d) The murderer and the thief.

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

11. What does Matigari do at the Minister of Truth's meeting when he realizes they think he has a gun?
(a) He holds up his hands and says he wears the belt of peace.
(b) He brings the belt of peace over to the Minister to prove he has no gun.
(c) He keeps his hands in his pockets so they are afraid he has a gun.
(d) He pretends to pull out a gun so he can scare them.

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

13. What is the village where a song about Matigari is written?
(a) Trampville.
(b) Scraptown.
(c) Dumpville.
(d) Junktown.

14. What does the old woman tell Matigari will happen to him if he continues to wander the woods alone in search of truth and justice?
(a) He will find what he seeks.
(b) He will get arrested.
(c) He will end up like her.
(d) He will end up in an early grave.

15. From what song does the chairman of the local branch sing after his speech at the Minister of Truth's meeting?
(a) The Song of Truth and Justice.
(b) The Song of Peace.
(c) The Song of Matigari.
(d) The Song of the Parrot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Matigari ask when the Minister asks if anyone else has questions after barricading the room so nobody can leave?

2. What type of car does Mũriũki sleep in in the scrapyard?

3. Who does the priest warn the audience to beware of at the Minister of Truth's meeting?

4. What does the old woman in the wilderness tell Matigari are "the new stars" (73)?

5. When does the Minister of Truth say was the day the freedom fighters left the forest?

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