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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. Who is Matigari sitting with under a tree after his escape from the mental hospital?
(a) His wife and children.
(b) The student and the teacher.
(c) Gũthera and Mũriũki.
(d) John Boy Junior and Robert Williams.

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

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

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

5. How does Matigari bribe the couple in the wilderness to use their car?
(a) He tells them he will drive them home first.
(b) He takes their clothes.
(c) He gives them money.
(d) He threatens them with his gun.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Ngarũro wa Kirĩro say should be removed from the board of the factory?

3. Which two prisoners are the only not brought before the audience at the Minister of Truth's meeting?

4. What does the old woman in the wilderness tell Matigari "breeds misery" (73)?

5. The Voice of Truth announces that the Minister has ordered police to do what to any madman they find?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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. What does the Provincial Commissioner announce a ban on during the Minister's meeting? What does he change the name Trampville to and why?

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

10. What does Matigari say at the Minister of Truth's meeting after Ngarũro wa Kirĩro is taken away?

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