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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the chief of police say do not go mad?
(a) Children.
(b) Black people.
(c) White people.
(d) Women.

2. 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 end up in an early grave.
(b) He will find what he seeks.
(c) He will get arrested.
(d) He will end up like her.

3. Who does the voice plead with the people to bring to the police station in Part III?
(a) Anyone with a shaved head.
(b) Anyone with a gun.
(c) Anyone wearing a belt of peace.
(d) Anyone speaking like a madman.

4. What does Guthera believe will happen when the man in the Mercedes gets home to his wife?
(a) He will beat her for wondering what he was doing.
(b) She will never know what he was doing.
(c) She will kick him out of the house.
(d) He will lose his job.

5. What does Matigari say after telling John Boy Junior he will be back the next day to take back his home?
(a) The people shall be free!
(b) Victory is ours!
(c) You will pay for this!
(d) The future belongs to me!

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

7. What does the Member of Parliament say is the root cause of poverty in their country?
(a) Women having too many children.
(b) Not enough jobs.
(c) A weak work ethic among the young.
(d) Wages that barely meet inflation.

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

9. Whom does the teacher suggest Matigari find next?
(a) The priest.
(b) The thief.
(c) Ngarũro.
(d) Gũthera.

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

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

12. Why does the Minister say the factory will take back all workers except Ngarũro wa Kirĩro?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He was the ringleader of the factory strike.
(c) He refuses to return to work.
(d) He is now working for the government.

13. To whom does the Provincial Commissioner liken Matigari?
(a) Rip Van Winkle.
(b) Paul Revere.
(c) Ebenezer Scrooge.
(d) Sherlock Holmes.

14. Where does the woman in the wilderness tell Matigari he can find truth and justice?
(a) In his own heart.
(b) In people's actions.
(c) At the Ministry of Truth and Justice.
(d) In the woods.

15. What does the student announce to the audience at the Minister of Truth's meeting which causes an uproar?
(a) His Excellency Ole Excellence is a fraud.
(b) The Hooded man is really Matigari.
(c) 50 university students were killed.
(d) Matigari has escaped.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From what song does the chairman of the local branch sing after his speech at the Minister of Truth's meeting?

3. What does the man wearing the white hood covering at the Minister of Truth's meeting say he is?

4. After escaping prison, what does Matigari hear most people discussing as he walks asking where he can find truth and justice?

5. What does Matigari overhear people saying about the returned patriots?

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