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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) Gũthera and Mũriũki.
(c) The student and the teacher.
(d) John Boy Junior and Robert Williams.

2. What does Matigari overhear people saying about the returned patriots?
(a) They overthrew His Excellency.
(b) They held flaming swords.
(c) They are going to save them from slavery.
(d) They spent years wasting their time fighting.

3. What does the Voice of Truth say made the recent prison escape most unusual?
(a) The informer never told anyone of an escape plan.
(b) The prison guard was watching them all night.
(c) The cell lock was brand new.
(d) The cell remained locked and apparently untouched.

4. What does the old woman tell Matigari will happen to him if he continues to wander the woods alone in search of truth and justice?
(a) He will end up in an early grave.
(b) He will get arrested.
(c) He will find what he seeks.
(d) He will end up like her.

5. Where do Matigari, Gũthera and Mũriũki decide they will spend the night after Matigari escapes from the hospital?
(a) The factory.
(b) The Mataha hotel.
(c) The children's village.
(d) John Boy Junior's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Voice of Truth announce will be visiting the factory where the strike occurred?

2. What does the professor who sits near the Minister of Truth teach?

3. Who does the Voice of Truth announce they are searching for after allegedly bringing food to the patients in the mental hospital?

4. What does Gũthera think people may be driving through the wilderness for?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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 the audience the factory is doing and what does this mean regarding the rest of the country?

8. 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?

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

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

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