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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 does the priest warn the audience to beware of at the Minister of Truth's meeting?
(a) Marxist teachers.
(b) Drunkards.
(c) False prophets.
(d) Police officers.

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

3. Who does Gũthera realize the woman in the Mercedes was?
(a) His Excellency Ole Excellence's wife.
(b) The Minister of Truth and Justice's wife.
(c) A prostitute she knows.
(d) A police officer's wife.

4. What does Matigari say after telling John Boy Junior he will be back the next day to take back his home?
(a) You will pay for this!
(b) Victory is ours!
(c) The people shall be free!
(d) The future belongs to me!

5. Who does the Voice of Truth announce they are searching for after allegedly bringing food to the patients in the mental hospital?
(a) A woman and young boy.
(b) Two police officers.
(c) The owner of the Mataha hotel.
(d) Two factory workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the teacher suggest Matigari find next?

2. What does the Voice say anyone who is not mad would do?

3. What did the student who was formerly imprisoned join when he returned to the university?

4. What does the Voice of Truth announce at 10 a.m. at the start of Part III?

5. What has the priest heard, which inspires him to pray more?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Matigari do with his belt of peace while in the mental hospital at the start of Part III? Why?

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. How did Gũthera save Matigari while in prison?

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

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