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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the professor who sits near the Minister of Truth teach?
(a) The Philosophy of Reason.
(b) The History of Parrotology.
(c) The Economics of Poverty.
(d) The Art of Herding.

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

5. What does Matigari overhear people saying about the returned patriots?
(a) They overthrew His Excellency.
(b) They are going to save them from slavery.
(c) They spent years wasting their time fighting.
(d) They held flaming swords.

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

7. What does the Minister of Truth call himself?
(a) The pulse of the people.
(b) The voice of the voiceless.
(c) The heart of this country.
(d) The soul of this government.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. After escaping prison, what does Matigari hear most people discussing as he walks asking where he can find truth and justice?
(a) Mũriũki.
(b) His Excellency Ole Excellence.
(c) Settler Williams.
(d) Matigari.

15. Why does Matigari stomp on his belt of peace at the start of Part III?
(a) He decides words alone cannot defeat the enemy.
(b) The other prisoners made fun of it.
(c) He feels it is cursed.
(d) It broke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Matigari said to be "particularly dangerous" (115) when his escape is announced?

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?

3. What does Matigari do at the Minister of Truth's meeting when he realizes they think he has a gun?

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

5. What is the name of the informer who is in the cell with Matigari the first time he is arrested, but not the second?

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