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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. When does the Minister of Truth say was the day the freedom fighters left the forest?
(a) The day of the factory strike.
(b) The day Settler Williams was killed.
(c) The day of the country's independence.
(d) The day Matigari left.

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

3. What does Guthera believe will happen when the man in the Mercedes gets home to his wife?
(a) He will beat her for wondering what he was doing.
(b) He will lose his job.
(c) She will never know what he was doing.
(d) She will kick him out of the house.

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

5. What does the man wearing the white hood covering at the Minister of Truth's meeting say he is?
(a) Professional truth teller.
(b) Professional storyteller.
(c) Professional dunce.
(d) Professional freedom fighter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Matigari said to be "particularly dangerous" (115) when his escape is announced?

2. How was Ngarũro wa Kirĩro killed?

3. What does the student shout after the verdict is announced?

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

5. Where does the woman in the wilderness tell Matigari he can find truth and justice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Matigari told when he asks them at the law courts where he can find truth and justice?

2. Why does the Provincial Commissioner compare Matigari to Rip Van Winkle?

3. What does the Minister of Truth tell the audience the factory is doing and what does this mean regarding the rest of the country?

4. 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?

5. What are some rumors Matigari hears about himself as he walks around in search of truth and justice at the start of Part II?

6. Describe the inside of the Mercedes Matigari drives out of the wilderness. What does Gũthera say about it?

7. How does Matigari get a Mercedes to drive he and Gũthera and Mũriũki out of the wilderness?

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

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

10. What does Ngarũro wa Kirĩro say after the Minister of Truth says he will be the only factory worker not allowed to return to work?

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