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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. Who wrote Matigari?
(a) Matigari ma Njirũũngi.
(b) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
(c) Chinua Achebe.
(d) Nuruddin Farah.

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

3. 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 their home.
(d) Give him her virginity.

4. What was the teacher in Matigari's cell arrested for teaching?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Marxism.
(c) Sex Education.
(d) Evolution.

5. From whom did John Boy Junior purchase the house and land that Matigari claims is his?
(a) Matigari's wife.
(b) Robert Wiliams.
(c) Gũthera.
(d) His Excellency Ole Excellence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first place Matigari decides he should search for his family in Part I?

2. What does Mũriũki tell Matigari is happening outside of the bar after he goes out to see why they heard screaming?

3. With whom do the children fight for the contents of the tractor in Part I of Matigari?

4. Why is Matigari excited when John Boy Junior says he had gone to college?

5. Who does Gũthera say she is hiding from when she enters the bar in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How does the boy named Mũriũki help Matigari after the boys throw stones at him?

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

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

5. What does Matigari tell Mũriũki he was doing in the woods and why?

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

7. 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?

8. What does the murderer warn the prisoners, resulting in a fight between him and another prisoner?

9. 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?

10. Describe the conversation between Matigari and Gũthera after she offers him "a little pleasure" (24).

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