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

2. What does Gũthera think will happen to the woman in the Mercedes when she goes home to her husband?
(a) He will divorce her.
(b) He will beat her.
(c) He will kill her.
(d) He will never find out what she was doing.

3. What does the old woman in the wilderness tell Matigari are "the new stars" (73)?
(a) Books.
(b) Police officers.
(c) Scholars.
(d) Children.

4. After escaping prison, what does Matigari hear most people discussing as he walks asking where he can find truth and justice?
(a) Mũriũki.
(b) Settler Williams.
(c) His Excellency Ole Excellence.
(d) Matigari.

5. What new name does the Provincial Commissioner give to Trampville?
(a) Matigariville.
(b) Songville.
(c) Progressville.
(d) Foolsville.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Matigari bribe the couple in the wilderness to use their car?

3. What does the Member of Parliament say is the root cause of poverty in their country?

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

5. What does the Voice of Truth say made the recent prison escape most unusual?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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

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