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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mũriũki worry the other children might beat him when he returns to the scrapyard?
(a) For not bringing any food.
(b) For not paying the guards.
(c) For being an informer.
(d) For showing Matigari where they live.

2. What happens to Matigari when Robert Williams returns with two officers?
(a) He gently explains what is going on and they leave.
(b) The officers allow John Boy Junior and Robert Williams to beat him.
(c) He is taken to jail.
(d) He runs back to the wilderness.

3. Who does Gũthera say she is hiding from when she enters the bar in Part I?
(a) The cops.
(b) Her ex-lover.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her children.

4. What did an officer tell Gũthera she could do to save her father's life after he was arrested?
(a) Give him money.
(b) Help her father break out of prison.
(c) Give him her virginity.
(d) Give him their home.

5. What does the name Matigari ma Njirũũngi mean?
(a) The expatriates who ditched the country.
(b) The patriots who survived the bullets.
(c) The comrades who fought for freedom.
(d) The loyalists who served the king.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy tell Matigari happens to them if they do not pay the guards at the garbage yard?

2. What is the main topic of conversation at the bar when Matigari enters with Mũriũki?

3. Why is Ngarũro wa Kirĩro unable to stay with Matigari and Mũriũki at the restaurant at the Mataha Hotel?

4. What is the title of Part I of Matigari?

5. What happens to Matigari when he tries to enter the scrapyard in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the men on horseback know Settler Williams and John Boy? What do they think happened to the men?

2. Why is Matigari excited when John Boy Junior says his father sent him to school?

3. What happens to Matigari when he does not heed the boy's warning not to enter the scrapyard?

4. Describe the cell Matigari is put in after being arrested at John Boy Junior's house.

5. What does Matigari tell Mũriũki happened the day he told Settler Williams he could not longer reap the rewards of Matigari's labor?

6. What does John Boy Junior tell Matigari the problem with Black people is after Matigari says he helped pay for John Boy Junior's education? Why does John Boy Junior believe white people are able to advance?

7. What does one of the prisoners describe seeing and hearing at the factory strike that he walked away from earlier that day?

8. What does Matigari hear the Voice of Truth announce about His Excellency Ole Excellence after he leaves the mugomo tree at the start of the novel?

9. What does Mũriũki tell Matigari happened to his mother as they sit at the Mataha hotel?

10. Who is at the house which Matigari says is his when Gũthera leads him to the plantation? What does Matigari do there which surprises Gũthera and Mũriũki?

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