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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 ask the Voice of Truth.
(d) To search for the prophet Matigari.

2. What type of car does Mũriũki sleep in in the scrapyard?
(a) Land Rover.
(b) Ford.
(c) BMW.
(d) Mercedes.

3. What does the judge say will happen to Matigari and Ngarũro wa Kirĩro after their arrest?
(a) They will be let out on bail.
(b) They will be taken to a mental hospital.
(c) They will be hanged.
(d) They are sentenced to life in prison.

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

5. What does the Voice of Truth say made the recent prison escape most unusual?
(a) The prison guard was watching them all night.
(b) The cell remained locked and apparently untouched.
(c) The cell lock was brand new.
(d) The informer never told anyone of an escape plan.

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

7. What does Gũthera think will happen to the woman in the Mercedes when she goes home to her husband?
(a) He will beat her.
(b) He will never find out what she was doing.
(c) He will kill her.
(d) He will divorce her.

8. The Voice of Truth announces over the radio that His Excellency has received 50,000 shillings for what?
(a) The presidential fund for hungry children.
(b) The presidential fund for universal healthcare.
(c) The presidential fund for education equality.
(d) The presidential fund for disabled children.

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who else is in the cell with Matigari after he is arrested during the Minister of Truth's meeting?

2. What is the woman in the wilderness gathering outside of her house when Matigari approaches her?

3. Who are people beginning to say helped the prisoners escape?

4. Who does Gũthera realize the woman in the Mercedes was?

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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