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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The editor from which local newspaper sits near the Minister of Truth during his meeting in Part II?
(a) The Daily Parrot.
(b) The Weekly Whiner.
(c) The Local Ledger.
(d) The Voice of Truth.

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

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

4. What does the old woman in the wilderness tell Matigari are "the new stars" (73)?
(a) Children.
(b) Police officers.
(c) Scholars.
(d) Books.

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

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

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

8. What is the name of the informer who is in the cell with Matigari the first time he is arrested, but not the second?
(a) Abdullah.
(b) Thiong'o.
(c) Kiroro.
(d) Giceru.

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

10. 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.

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

12. Who does Gũthera tell Matigari she feels has dominated her life?
(a) Women.
(b) The country's rulers.
(c) Men.
(d) Police officers.

13. What are the initials of the ruling party, which the chairman of the local branch wears on his shirt?
(a) WWW.
(b) SSS.
(c) AAA.
(d) KKK.

14. 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 the Parrot.
(c) The Song of Matigari.
(d) The Song of Peace.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the houses of the rich described as Matigari, Gũthera and Mũriũki pass them in the Mercedes?

2. Which two prisoners are the only not brought before the audience at the Minister of Truth's meeting?

3. What does the Minister of Truth call himself?

4. What emblem is on the Minister of Truth's tie?

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

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