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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 is Matigari said to be "particularly dangerous" (115) when his escape is announced?
(a) He is a giant of great strength.
(b) Due to his delusions.
(c) He has an AK-47 and a sword.
(d) He does not care if he loses his life.

2. How are the houses of the rich described as Matigari, Gũthera and Mũriũki pass them in the Mercedes?
(a) Mid-sized and well-maintained.
(b) Surprisingly modest.
(c) Large and protected by huge steel gates.
(d) Simple, yet elegant.

3. What reason did the Voice of Truth announce for why the university was closed?
(a) There was a protest and many students were beaten.
(b) The students had gone on strike about food.
(c) The university teachers walked out.
(d) The school building had deteriorated and they could no longer hold classes there.

4. Who does the Minister of Truth tell the audience he went to school with?
(a) His Excellency Ole Excellence.
(b) Matigari.
(c) John Boy Junior.
(d) Robert Wiliams.

5. What does the Voice of Truth announce at 10 a.m. at the start of Part III?
(a) Matigari has been hanged.
(b) The Minister of Truth is missing.
(c) Patients have escaped from the mental hospital.
(d) His Excellency Ole Excellence has died.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the boys in the scrapyard disappointed that they attacked Matigari?

2. Who does Gũthera tell Matigari she feels has dominated her life?

3. What does the man wearing the white hood covering at the Minister of Truth's meeting say he is?

4. Which governments gave the country a loan to buy handcuffs, electric fences, and ropes?

5. What does the old woman in the wilderness tell Matigari "breeds misery" (73)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gũthera say she has felt since Matigari saved her life? How does she speak about the female experience after she helped Matigari escape from the mental hospital?

2. What does the Minister of Truth tell his audience he and John Boy Junior have in common? What does he say happened to John Boy Junior's father?

3. What does the Member of Parliament say is the root cause of poverty and how does he plan to solve this problem?

4. Who does the Minister of Truth tell the audience "the country's... welfare and stability are dependent on" (97) after Matigari is arrested?

5. What does Matigari do with his belt of peace while in the mental hospital at the start of Part III? Why?

6. Why does the Voice of Truth urge people not to harass white people who they think are madmen?

7. What types of things does the Voice of Truth say their government will purchase with loans from the British, European, and U.S. governments?

8. Who does the priest tell Matigari he must go to if he wishes to find truth and justice?

9. What does the priest tell Matigari that Gũthera should do after he explains to the priest that she broke her 11th commandment?

10. What method does The Voice of Truth say they suspect the patients at the mental hospital used to escape at the start of Part III?

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