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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which governments gave the country a loan to buy handcuffs, electric fences, and ropes?
(a) The United States Government.
(b) The British and European Governments.
(c) The Canadian Government.
(d) The Chinese and Russian Governments.

3. How are the workers' houses described as Matigari, Gũthera and Mũriũki pass them in the Mercedes?
(a) Simple, yet elegant.
(b) Dilapidated and rat infested.
(c) Tiny and crammed together.
(d) Modest and clean.

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

5. What is the one thing Ngarũro wa Kirĩro says he and the factory workers want?
(a) Fair wages.
(b) Safer working conditions.
(c) Longer lunch breaks.
(d) Nicer uniforms.

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

7. What does the Provincial Commissioner say he has banned?
(a) Factory strikes.
(b) The song about Matigari.
(c) Prostitution.
(d) Dancing.

8. Why are the boys in the scrapyard disappointed that they attacked Matigari?
(a) They believe he is an angel.
(b) They realize he was kind to Mũriũki.
(c) They realize they should have taken his money first.
(d) They learned he had saved Gũthera.

9. 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 like a house.
(c) It is luxurious.
(d) It is not as nice as she expected.

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

11. Who does Gũthera realize the woman in the Mercedes was?
(a) A police officer's wife.
(b) The Minister of Truth and Justice's wife.
(c) His Excellency Ole Excellence's wife.
(d) A prostitute she knows.

12. Whose story does Matigari share with the priest when he first finds him praying?
(a) John Boy's.
(b) Gũthera's.
(c) Settler Wiliams.
(d) Mũriũki's.

13. 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 hanged.
(c) They are sentenced to life in prison.
(d) They will be taken to a mental hospital.

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

15. 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 Matigari.
(b) The Song of Truth and Justice.
(c) The Song of the Parrot.
(d) The Song of Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Member of Parliament's solution to the problem of poverty?

2. What does Mũriũki say the people who drove through the wilderness are doing?

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

4. Who is Matigari sitting with under a tree after his escape from the mental hospital?

5. Which of the prisoners do the judges and lawyers announce "will be detained without trial" for misleading the public (101)?

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