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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. What is the one thing Ngarũro wa Kirĩro says he and the factory workers want?
(a) Safer working conditions.
(b) Longer lunch breaks.
(c) Fair wages.
(d) Nicer uniforms.

2. Whom does the teacher suggest Matigari find next?
(a) Ngarũro.
(b) The priest.
(c) Gũthera.
(d) The thief.

3. The Voice of Truth announces over the radio that His Excellency has received 50,000 shillings for what?
(a) The presidential fund for universal healthcare.
(b) The presidential fund for education equality.
(c) The presidential fund for hungry children.
(d) The presidential fund for disabled children.

4. Who does the voice plead with the people to bring to the police station in Part III?
(a) Anyone speaking like a madman.
(b) Anyone with a gun.
(c) Anyone with a shaved head.
(d) Anyone wearing a belt of peace.

5. What does Mũriũki say the people who drove through the wilderness are doing?
(a) Spying on them.
(b) Taking a nap.
(c) Engaging in sexual relations.
(d) Doing drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Matigari say after telling John Boy Junior he will be back the next day to take back his home?

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

3. How are the workers' houses described as Matigari, Gũthera and Mũriũki pass them in the Mercedes?

4. When does the Minister of Truth say was the day the freedom fighters left the forest?

5. What is the woman in the wilderness gathering outside of her house when Matigari approaches her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Who is the Hooded Truth and Justice and what is his role in serving justice?

4. 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?

5. Who does Gũthera realize the woman in the Mercedes is? Why is this ironic?

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

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

8. What is different about the student when Matigari finds him in Part II after speaking to the old woman in the wilderness? Why?

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 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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