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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Gũthera do to help Matigari escape?
(a) She bribes the guard.
(b) She convinces John Boy Junior to help.
(c) She sleeps with His Excellency Ole Excellence.
(d) She sleeps with an officer.

3. What emblem is on the Minister of Truth's tie?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A radio.
(c) A shepherd's crook.
(d) A parrot.

4. Who does the Voice of Truth announce they are searching for after allegedly bringing food to the patients in the mental hospital?
(a) The owner of the Mataha hotel.
(b) Two factory workers.
(c) Two police officers.
(d) A woman and young boy.

5. When does the Minister of Truth say was the day the freedom fighters left the forest?
(a) The day of the factory strike.
(b) The day of the country's independence.
(c) The day Settler Williams was killed.
(d) The day Matigari left.

6. Who does the Minister of Truth tell his audience saved the country?
(a) The patriots.
(b) The farmers.
(c) The factory workers.
(d) The loyalists.

7. Who does the Minister of Truth tell the audience he went to school with?
(a) His Excellency Ole Excellence.
(b) John Boy Junior.
(c) Robert Wiliams.
(d) Matigari.

8. When Matigari asks people at a restaurant where he can find truth and justice, what do they tell him?
(a) To shut up.
(b) To ask His Excellency Ole Excellence.
(c) To search for the prophet Matigari.
(d) To ask the Voice of Truth.

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

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

11. What does Matigari say is the combination needed to defeat the enemy?
(a) Good and evil.
(b) Right and might.
(c) Truth and justice.
(d) Faith and luck.

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

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

14. What does Gũthera say about the Mercedes as she, Matigari, and Mũriũki drive in it?
(a) It is a waste of money.
(b) It is luxurious.
(c) It is not as nice as she expected.
(d) It is like a house.

15. Which of the prisoners do the judges and lawyers announce "will be detained without trial" for misleading the public (101)?
(a) Matigari and the thief.
(b) The murderer and the informer.
(c) The drunkard the the teacher.
(d) The student and teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old woman in the wilderness tell Matigari "breeds misery" (73)?

2. Why do many attend the Minister of Truth's meeting in Part II?

3. What new name does the Provincial Commissioner give to Trampville?

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 the student announce to the audience at the Minister of Truth's meeting which causes an uproar?

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