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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 type of car does Mũriũki sleep in in the scrapyard?
(a) BMW.
(b) Ford.
(c) Mercedes.
(d) Land Rover.

2. Why does Matigari stomp on his belt of peace at the start of Part III?
(a) The other prisoners made fun of it.
(b) He feels it is cursed.
(c) It broke.
(d) He decides words alone cannot defeat the enemy.

3. Where does the woman in the wilderness tell Matigari he can find truth and justice?
(a) In his own heart.
(b) In the woods.
(c) At the Ministry of Truth and Justice.
(d) In people's actions.

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

5. How are the workers' houses described as Matigari, Gũthera and Mũriũki pass them in the Mercedes?
(a) Simple, yet elegant.
(b) Dilapidated and rat infested.
(c) Modest and clean.
(d) Tiny and crammed together.

Short Answer Questions

1. After escaping prison, what does Matigari hear most people discussing as he walks asking where he can find truth and justice?

2. Who else is in the cell with Matigari after he is arrested during the Minister of Truth's meeting?

3. What is the name of the informer who is in the cell with Matigari the first time he is arrested, but not the second?

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

5. Who is Matigari sitting with under a tree after his escape from the mental hospital?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Gũthera save Matigari while in prison?

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

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