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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 does Matigari, Gũthera, and Mũriũki see driving through the wilderness?
(a) A motorcycle.
(b) A Mercedes.
(c) A trash truck.
(d) A Land Rover.

2. Who else is in the cell with Matigari after he is arrested during the Minister of Truth's meeting?
(a) The Voice of Truth.
(b) Mũriũki.
(c) Gũthera.
(d) Ngarũro wa Kirĩro.

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

4. Who is the first prisoner Matigari finds after leaving the old woman in the wilderness?
(a) The student.
(b) The informer.
(c) The drunkard.
(d) The murderer.

5. Whose story does Matigari share with the priest when he first finds him praying?
(a) Gũthera's.
(b) John Boy's.
(c) Mũriũki's.
(d) Settler Wiliams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mũriũki say the people who drove through the wilderness are doing?

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

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

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

5. Why does Matigari stomp on his belt of peace at the start of Part III?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the boys in the scrapyard want Mũriũki to tell them at the start of Part II?

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

3. What does the teacher tell Matigari when he goes to him after speaking to the student in Part II? What advice does he give Matigari?

4. 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?

5. What is the verdict for both Matigari and Ngarũro wa Kirĩro? Where are they taken?

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

7. What is the difference between the workers' homes and the homes of the wealthy that Matigari, Gũthera and Mũriũki pass as they drive in the Mercedes they got in the wilderness?

8. 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?

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

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

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