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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. Where does Matigari tell Mũriũki he will take him when Mũriũki expresses fear of returning to the scrapyard?
(a) The wilderness to hide.
(b) The police station.
(c) The factory to find work.
(d) His house.

2. What happens to Matigari when he tries to enter the scrapyard in Part I?
(a) He is offered a place to sleep.
(b) The boys all run away and hide from him.
(c) The boys cheer for him.
(d) The boys throw stones at him.

3. What are the children fighting over when Matigari chases them away with a stick?
(a) A case of bananas.
(b) A pile of old newspapers.
(c) A bunch of shirts.
(d) A bundle of shoelaces.

4. What does the boy tell Matigari happens to them if they do not pay the guards at the garbage yard?
(a) The other children help them pay.
(b) They sneak in anyway.
(c) They cannot eat.
(d) The guards beat them.

5. What does the boy do when Matigari is pelted with stones outside the factory?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He joins the children in throwing stones at him.
(c) He finds a worker to help him.
(d) He runs away and hides in the scrapyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom did John Boy Junior purchase the house and land that Matigari claims is his?

2. How does Matigari know when the factory workers have breaks?

3. How does the white man on horseback outside the house know Settler Williams?

4. After learning of the worker's strike, what does Matigari ask the prisoners?

5. What is the name of the voice Matigari hears over the radio in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Matigari do at the mugumo tree at the start of the novel?

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

3. What do the other women think about Gũthera's refusal to take money from a cop? What does Gũthera say about money from a cop?

4. What does Matigari witness children do after running after a tractor?

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

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 Matigari think as he watches two officers, the guard and the tractor driver divvying up the money from the children?

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

9. What happens to Gũthera after she leaves the bar? How does Matigari save her?

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

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